Packer v. Bird
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was an action for the possession of an island, embracing about eighty acres of land, in the river Sacramento, within the county of Colusa, in the State of California. The plaintiff alleged ownership of the premises in 1867, and his continued ownership afterwards, the entry of the defendants thereon in.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was an action for the possession of an island, embracing about eighty acres of land, in the river Sacramento, within the county of Colusa, in the State of California. The plaintiff alleged ownership of the premises in 1867, and his continued ownership afterwards, the entry of the defendants thereon in. January, 1883, without right or title, and their continued unlawful possession thereof ever since, to his damage of two hundred dollars. The answer of 'the defendants was a general denial of the allegations of the complaint. The issues…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
after stating the case as above reported, déliyered the opinion of the court.
The question presented is, whether the patent of the United States, describing the eastern boundary of the land as comT mencing at a point on the rimer, which was on the right and west bank, and running southerly on its m,arg'm, embraces the island within it, or whether, notwithstanding the terms of apparent limitation of the eastern boundary to the margin of the river, the patent carries the title of the plaintiff holding under it to the middle of the stream. The contention of the plaintiff is that the land granted…
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