United States vs. Knight’s Adm’r
Supreme Court of the United States
. This w.as an appeal by the United States from the decree of the District Court for the northern'district of California. The appellee (Morehearl)-was administrator of Win.
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. This w.as an appeal by the United States from the decree of the District Court for the northern'district of California. The appellee (Morehearl)-was administrator of Win. Knight, and in that character he.presented Bis petition on the 3d day of March,-185.2, to the board of commissioners for the investigation of private land claims, agreeably to the act of Congress passed March 3,-1851. The commissioners rejected the claim, and the petitioner appealed to the District Court, where it was confirmed. The claim was for ten leagues. (sitios de ganada mayor) óf land, situate on the western bank of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
This was a petition for the con firmation of a land claim under the act of the third of March, 1851, and the case comes before the court on appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the .northern district of California, reversing the decree of the commissioners, and confirming the claim. William Knight died in October, 1849, and, of course, never presented any claim under that law for confirmation. Administration on his estate was granted to the appellee on the sixth day of November, 1851, and, on the third day of March following, he, as such administrator, filed a…
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