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United States v. Sandoval

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 24, 1897No. Nos. 205 and 599PublishedCited by 27 opinions

APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition filed by Julian Sandoval and others in the Court of Private Land Claims for the confirmation under the act of March 3, 1891, c. 539, 26 Stat. 854, of what was known as the San Miguel del Bado grant in the Territory of New Mexico, containing 315,300 acres.

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APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition filed by Julian Sandoval and others in the Court of Private Land Claims for the confirmation under the act of March 3, 1891, c. 539, 26 Stat. 854, of what was known as the San Miguel del Bado grant in the Territory of New Mexico, containing 315,300 acres. It was alleged that the grant was made November 25, 1794, by Governor Chacon to Lorenzo Marquez for himself and in the name of fifty-one men accompanying him, and copies of the original application ; of the decree of the governor thereon; of the report, November 26, 1794, of…

1Opinion of the Court

Me.- Chief Justice Fullee,

after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

By Article YIII of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of February 2, 1848 (and we are not concerned here with the treaty of December 30, 1853), Mexicans' established in terri.tories previously belonging to Mexico, and remaining for the. future within the limits of the United States as defined by the treaty, Were free to- continue where they then resided, or to remove at any time to Mexico, “ retaining the property which, they possessed in said territories or disposing thereof or removing the proceeds wherever…

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