Tubbs v. Wilhoit
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was an. action for the possession of land. The federal questions are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This is an action' for the possession of a parcel of land of about eighty acres in the county of San Joaquin, California, being substantially the south half of the southeast quarter of section 11, in township 1, of that county.
The plaintiff in the court below, and in error here, asserted title to the premises under a patent of the United States issued to him in due form on the first of October, 1879, upon a homestead entry made by him in May, 1873; and commuted to á cash entry in November following.
The original defendant below, Joseph Kile, now deceased, and in whosk place his executors…
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