Adair v. White
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Ventura County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.
Action of ejectment for a parcel of land in Ventura County, in which judgment passed for the defendants. Plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was denied, and he appeals from the judgment, and the order denying his motion.. The plaintiff claims under a patent of the United States, issued on a confirmed Mexican grant of the rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy. The patent was issued by the United States on the twenty-second day of April, 1872. With the grantee of this patent the plaintiff connects himself by proper mesne conveyances, executed before the commencement of this action.
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- Moore v. WilkinsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
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