City of San Francisco v. Calderwood
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The City of San Francisco acquired the demanded premises by a grant from the State of California, made in 1851, by an Act of the Legislature entitled “ An Act to provide for the disposition of certain property of the State of California.” The defendants appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.:
This is an action of ejectment brought to recover the possession of “ City Slip Lot No. 21.” It is found that the lot is one of the beach and water lots granted to the city by the State by the “ Beach and Water Lot Act” of March 26th, 1851; and that the lot is included within the area described *588in an ordinance passed by the Common Council of the City of San Francisco on the 4th of November, 1852. The ordinance is as follows : “All the space of land and water lying between Clay street and Sacramento street, and between Davis street and the deep water of the Bay, as…
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