Frasher v. O'CONNOR
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP CALIFORNIA. This was an action in the nature of ejectment to recover possession of a tract of land in California. The facts which make the ease are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This is an action for the possession of a parcel of land in Los Angeles County, California. The plaintiff, the defendant in error here, traces title to the premises by a patent of the State, issued to Robert Thompson on the 21st day of April, 1874, and certain mesne conveyances from the patentee. The title of the State was derived from selections of land in lieu of sections sixteen and thirty-six granted for school purposes by the act of Congress of March 3, 1853.
The defendants below, the plaintiffs in error here, contend that the selections by the State were void, because made within the…
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