United States v. Castro
Supreme Court of the United States
This .was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California. The title of Castro is. set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justicé TANÉY
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellees claim title to eleven leagues of land in California under a Mexican grant.
In March, 1853, they filed a petition before the board of land'commissioners, stating that the land in question was, on the 4th of April, 1846, granted by Pio Pico, then Governor of • California, to Jose Castro, one of the. appellees, under whom the .others claim as purchasers. The petition states that the land was occupied and improved by the grantee soon after the date of the-gránt. \
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