Grisar v. McDowell
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for California; the action there haring been to recover possession of a tract of land within the by *jf San Francisco. The plaintiff claimed as seized in fee under title from the city of San Francisco. The defendant claimed possession as an officer of the United States ? setting up that the property was public property of the -United States reserved for military purposes.
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Error to the Circuit Court for California; the action there haring been to recover possession of a tract of land within the by *jf San Francisco. The plaintiff claimed as seized in fee under title from the city of San Francisco. The defendant claimed possession as an officer of the United States ? setting up that the property was public property of the -United States reserved for military purposes. The city’s title was thus: It seemed to be sufficiently plain, from historical evidences and from adjudicated cases, that at the time of the conquest of California by the United States, there was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The premises, for the possession of which this action is brought, are situated within the city of San Francisco, in the State of California. The plaintiff' claims to be seized in fee of them, and derives his title from the city of San Francisco under an ordinance of the common council for the settlement of land titles in the city, passed on the 20th of June* 1855, commonly known as the Van Ness ordinance, and the. act of the legislature of the State ratifying and confirming the same.
The defendant is an officer in the army of the United Statés, commanding the military department of California,…
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