Legal Opinion

Hildebrand v. Stewart

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1871No. 2,322PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Tenth Judicial District, Colusa County. The following is the application made by defendant, • Hovember 20th, 1867, and the affidavit accompanying the same: “ Marysville Land District, 1 Hóvember 20th, 1867. J “Location Ho. 491. x “To State Locating Agent: I, Charles E. Stewart, of Colusa County, State of California,- do hereby apply under the provisions of an Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the sale of certain lands belonging to the…

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Appeal from the District Court of the Tenth Judicial District, Colusa County. The following is the application made by defendant, • Hovember 20th, 1867, and the affidavit accompanying the same: “ Marysville Land District, 1 Hóvember 20th, 1867. J “Location Ho. 491. x “To State Locating Agent: I, Charles E. Stewart, of Colusa County, State of California,- do hereby apply under the provisions of an Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the sale of certain lands belonging to the State,’ approved 27th April, 1863, to purchase and locate the following described land in Colusa County: the southwest…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Sprague, J.:

This was a contest arising before the Surveyor General, between two conflicting applicants for the location and purchase of the west half of section sixteen of the school lands of this State, situate in Colusa County, which was, under the statute of the State, transferred for adjudication to the Tenth District Court, where the questions were litigated between the applicants—Hildebrand as plaintiff, and Stewart as defendant—and judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff for the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section, and in favor of defendant for…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Moran v. BonyngeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Woods v. SawtelleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Johnson v. SquiresCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Cucamonga Fruit-Land Co. v. MoirCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Rowell v. PerkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880

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