Roberts v. Columbet
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the late District Court in and for the county of Santa Clara.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpstein, J.
Ejectment. The plaintiff claims title to the demanded premises under a State patent issued to him September 17, 1875, upon an application made by him December 1, 1874.
The defendant claims under a State five hundred thousand acre land warrant location, made in October, 1853, under an act of the State legislature, approved May 3, 1852, providing for ,the disposal of the five hundred thousand acres of land donated to the State by the United States.
The land was not surveyed by the United States until 1866, and in 1867 the proper agent of the State selected and located the demanded premises (and…
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