Sena v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition for the confirmation of a tract of land in the county of Santa Fé, New Mexico, known as the José de Leyba grant, which has never been oificially surveyed, but is estimated to contain about 18,000 acres.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition for the confirmation of a tract of land in the county of Santa Fé, New Mexico, known as the José de Leyba grant, which has never been oificially surveyed, but is estimated to contain about 18,000 acres. After filing the petition it was, found there were a number of persons holding portions of the tract sued for under a claim of title adverse to the grant; and -.upon motion of the United States requiring these adverse claimants to be made parties defendants, the original petition was amended, and two of these, che American…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The petition of Leyba, upon which the grant was originally made, and which is the material document in this case, and is in the Spanish language, is thus translated in the record :
“ City of Santa Fé, May 24, ■ 1728, before the governor and captain general of this kingdom; there was presented this petition with its contents:
“ Joseph de Leyba, resident of the city of Santa Fé, appear before your excellency in due legal form, and state that in accordance with the royal ordinance of his Royal Majesty, I enter a piece of land and wood, vacant arid unsettled,, enough for half a fanega of…
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