United States v. Andres Castillero
Supreme Court of the United States
These were cross appeals, severally taken ■ by the United States, and by the claimants, from a decree of the District Court for the Northern District of California, in a claim of Andres Castillero, for land, under the Act of March 8, 1851. Before the commencement of the proceeding, the claim had been divided, and most of the shares in it were held by other persons, who, with Castillero, occupied the lands under the name of the New Almadén Mining Company.
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These were cross appeals, severally taken ■ by the United States, and by the claimants, from a decree of the District Court for the Northern District of California, in a claim of Andres Castillero, for land, under the Act of March 8, 1851. Before the commencement of the proceeding, the claim had been divided, and most of the shares in it were held by other persons, who, with Castillero, occupied the lands under the name of the New Almadén Mining Company. But the petition to the Board of Land Commissioners was presented by the attorneys of the company in the .name of Castillero alone, for his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
These are appeals from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, brought here under the Act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1851, entitled “ an Act to ascertain and settle the private land claims ” in that State.
*145Provision was made by the first section of that act for the appointment of Commissioners to examine all such claims, and decide upon their validity; and it was provided by the 8th section of the act, that every person claiming land in that State by virtue of any right or title derived from'.the Spanish or Mexican Governments, should…
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