Legal Opinion

Ross v. Evans

California Supreme Court

Decided July 26, 1884No. 9,293PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Lassen. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.

In this cause the findings do not pass on all the material issues. The court finds aii adverse possession by defendant and his grantors, from 1862 to the trial of the action in September, 1883, against every one except the United States, of the lands for the possession of which it awards judgment to the plaintiffs. It also finds that these lands were public lands in 1862, for a portion of which a patent of the United States was made to the plaintiff in 1875, and for the remaining portion he received a patent from the same in 1879, and that plaintiff’s cause of action was not barred by the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Murray v. GouverneurNew York Supreme Court · 1800

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Rio Grande Western Railway Co. v. Salt Lake Investment Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Reynolds v. WillardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Cox v. CloughCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  4. McDonald v. DrewCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Blayden v. MorrisIdaho Supreme Court · 1923

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