Hartley v. Brown
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, County of Solano. Ejectment brought on the sixth day of December, 1869, to recover a part of the Tolinas or Armijo rancho, situated in Solano county. Juan B. Alvarado, Governor of California, on the third day of March, 1840, granted said rancho to Jose Francisco Armijo. On the seventeenth day of March, 1846, said Jose conveyed the rancho to his son, Antonio Maria Armijo.
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Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, County of Solano. Ejectment brought on the sixth day of December, 1869, to recover a part of the Tolinas or Armijo rancho, situated in Solano county. Juan B. Alvarado, Governor of California, on the third day of March, 1840, granted said rancho to Jose Francisco Armijo. On the seventeenth day of March, 1846, said Jose conveyed the rancho to his son, Antonio Maria Armijo. The son died after April 22, 1850, leaving a widow and seven children. On the ninth day of February, 1852, the widow and children petitioned the board of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, J.;
This is an action of ejectment to recover the possession of a portion of the Tolenas rancho. The title was confirmed to the heirs of Antonio Maria Armijo, deceased; and a patent was duly issued to them by the "United States, in pursuance of the decree of the confirmation and the survey of the rancho. The plaintiffs claim title by means of conveyances made by the heirs, intermediate the filing of their petition for the confirmation of their claim to the rancho, and the issuing of the patent. The defendants claim title through a sale and deed made by the administrator…
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