The Executors and Heirs of Augustin De Yturbide, Deceased v. The United States
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California. A grant of twenty leagues square of land, equal to four hundred square leagues, was made by the supreme Government of Mexico to President Yturbide, to be located in Texas, on 25th February, 1822, “ in recompense for his high merit, in having achieved the independence of his country.”
In 1835, the Congress of Mexico authorized his heirs to locate the land in New Mexico, or in Upper or Lower California. On the 20th of February, 1841, it was decreed by-the President that the land should be…
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