Hebbron v. Graves

Foote, C.

This action is in ejectment. Plaintiff had judgment, from which, and an order denying a new trial, this appeal was taken.

The plaintiff introduced in evidence a certain state patent for the land in dispute. This was objected to by the defendant, on the alleged ground “that no predicate had been laid therefor; that the United States government is the source of all title; and as none of this land is of a sixteenth or thirty-sixth section, there is no proof *381that the state of California had any interest in the land which could be granted.” Whether such a patent “is conclusive or not, it…