Greer v. Mezes
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by Writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of California. It was an action of ejectment brought, by way of petition, by the defendants in error against Greer and twenty-nine other persons.
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This case was brought up by Writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of California. It was an action of ejectment brought, by way of petition, by the defendants in error against Greer and twenty-nine other persons. The plaintiffs below represented the interests of Arguello, whose title was confirmed by this court iu 18 Howard, 539, to that portion of the land described in the petition, bounded as follows, viz: on the south by the Arrogo or creek of San Francisquito, on the north by the creek San Mateo, on the east by the estuary or waters of the bay…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
The defendants in error are the owners of the tract of land called Las Pulgas, the title to which was confirmed to the heirs of Arguello by this court, (18 How., 539.) This action of ejectment was brought by them against- Greer and a number of others, now plaintiffs in error. The defendants plead»'1 severally the general issue, but no one of them took defence specially for any-definite-part of the land claimed in the writ, ,or made a disclaimer as to any portion of it. The plaintiffs gave in evidence the survey and patent of the Las Pulgas tract, and proved the defendants to be in possession…
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