Wilson v. Castro
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The plaintiffs appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Currey, C. J.:
The complaint in this suit shows that in May, 1839, there was granted by Juan B. Alvarado, the Governor of Upper California, to Antonio Buelna, a citizen of Mexico, four square leagues of land in the place called San Gregorio. The grant was made under the Mexican Colonization Law of 1824 and the regulations of 1828, subject to the approval of the Departmental Assembly. To it were annexed the usual conditions, one of which required the grantee to apply to the proper officer of the jurisdiction to cause the four leagues to be measured and set apart to him, and…
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