Wren v. Mangan

The Court.

When this cause was pending in Department an opinion was prepared by Commissioner Belcher.*275After hearing in Bank, and due consideration of the case, we are satisfied with that opinion, and with the conclusion therein reached. The opinion is as follows:—

“ This action was brought to determine a contest as to the right to purchase from the state a certain half-section of swamp and overflowed land situate in Tulare County. The trial court gave judgment for the plaintiff, from which, and from an order denying him a new trial, the defendant Hyde appeals.

“ The material facts of the case are…