City of Monterey v. Jacks
California Supreme Court
APPEALS from judgments of the Superior Court of Monterey County and from orders denying a new trial. N. A. Dorn, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.
Actions to quiet title.
Monterey at the date of the cession of California to the United States was a Mexican pueblo, and, by special concession from the Spanish crown, was entitled to more than the four square leagues of land generally allotted to pueblos. The city of Monterey was incorporated by an act of the legislature of this state, of date March 30, 1850, (Stats. 1850, p. 131,) and thereunder succeeded to all the legal rights and claims of the former pueblo to its pueblo lands. On March '2, 1853, said city, by its attorney, D. R. Ashley, duly retained for that purpose by the city,…
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