Aguirre v. Alexander
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the defendant, and from an order denying a new trial, in the Seventeenth District Court, County of Los Angeles. Sepulveda, J.
1Opinion of the Court
McKee, J.:
This case arises out of an action of ejectment, brought by the appellants to recover possession of a tract of land in Los Angeles County, known as part of the Rancho San Pedro, which had been granted by the Mexican Government, and for which a patent was issued in December, 1855, by the United States Government, to the grantees therein named.
Plaintiffs in the action are children and heirs at law of José Antonio Aguirre, deceased. As such they claim title to an undivided interest of the land in dispute. Defendants claim to have derived title to the land from the surviving widow of the…
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