United States v. Bassett
District Court, N.D. California
[This was a petition by Nathaniel Bassett, claiming the Rancho Los Coluses, for a confirmation of his claim.] Claim for four leagues of land in Butte county, confirmed by the board', and appealed by the United States.
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, District Judge.
The original grantee in this case was one of those who petitioned Governor Micheltorena in 1844, and whose lands were granted in the general grant dated December 22d, 1844. The validity of this grant has been already passed upon by this court in the case of U. S. v. Hensley [1 Black, 35]. and as the grantee in this case is proved to have been one of those whose petition was favorably reported on by General Sutter, and to whom the latter caused to be delivered a copy of the general grant, the claim clearly falls within the principles decided in that case. The grantee is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. HensleySupreme Court of the United States · 1861