United States v. Ritchie
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the district court of the United States for the northern district of California. The act of congress respecting the claimants to land in California, and the title of Solano, under whom Ritchie claimed, are so particularly set forth in the opinion of the court, that the reporter has nothing to add upon those topics.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is an appeal from a decree of the district court for the northern district of California.
The proceedings were originally commenced before the board of commissioners to settle private land claims in California, under the act of congress of March 3, 1851. (9 Stats, at Large, 63!.)
A petition was filed before that board by Ritchie against the United States, setting forth a claim to a tract of land known by the name of “ Suisun,” situate in the jurisdiction of Sonoma, county of Solano, comprising four square Mexican. leagues, (nearly 18,000 acres,) praying that the title might be confirmed.…
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