Mott v. Villa De Reyes
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventeenth Judicial District, County of Los Angeles. The defendants recovered judgment in the Court below, that the plaintiffs had no title to the lands known as the “ Bancho Boca de Santa Monica,” and that the defendants owned the same. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
The action is ejectment for a tract of land situate in the County of Los Angeles, and which is described in the complaint as the tract known as the “Bancho Santa Monica,” or “Boca de Santa Monica,” containing two square leagues, more or less. The plaintiffs claim under a Mexican grant to Francisco Sepulveda, which has been confirmed by a final decree of the United States District Court; whilst the defendants claim under a similar grant to Marquez and Beyes, which has also been confirmed by a final decree of the . same Court. But there has been no final approved…
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