United States v. Sherebeck

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

The claim in this case is for 800 varas of land on Rincon Point, in this city, alleged to have been granted to the claimant by Manuel Castro, prefect of the Second district of California. It was rejected by the board for want of evidence that the land was part of the common lands of the pueblo of Yerba Buena. The same tribunal, in the subsequent case of City of San Francisco v. U. S., confirmed the claim of the city to certain lands within boundaries mentioned in their decree. In this decision the United States have acquiesced by dismissing the appeal that had been…