United States v. Sutter
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California. . It was a claim made by Sutter for land, in California, under two different grants. 1. A claim for eleven leagues of land, alleged to be granted to him by Alvarado, on the 18th of June, 1841. 2. A claim for an additional quantity of twenty-two leagues, alleged to be granted to him and his son, John A. Sutter, by Micheltorena, on the 5th of February, 1845. The board of…
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This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California. . It was a claim made by Sutter for land, in California, under two different grants. 1. A claim for eleven leagues of land, alleged to be granted to him by Alvarado, on the 18th of June, 1841. 2. A claim for an additional quantity of twenty-two leagues, alleged to be granted to him and his son, John A. Sutter, by Micheltorena, on the 5th of February, 1845. The board of eommissionérs confirmed both claims, and this decree was affirmed by the District Court. The circumstances of the case are…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
delivered.the opinion of the ctourt.
This cause Comes to this court by appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the northern district of *172Ca ifornia, which affirms a sentence of the board of coramis* sioners to settle pi'ivate land claims in that State, in favor of the appellee, upon-a claim to -thirty-three square leagues of land in the valley of the Sacramento river. ' The record shows that the claimant, a native of Switzerland, immigrated to the. Department of California about the-year 1839, was' naturalized as á citizen of Mexico, and with the leave of the…
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