Serrano v. Rawson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seveuteenth Judicial District, County of Los Angeles. Ejectment suit to recover a tract of land, alleged to be within the boundaries of the “ Canada de los Alisos,” a Mexican grant, which was surveyed in 1858, and patented in 1871. The Court below rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
It clearly appears from the findings that the demanded premises are included; first, within the decree of confirmation by which the title of José Serrano to the “ Canada de los Alisos ” was finally confirmed; second, within the final official survey as made on the ground; third, within the plat of the survey, incorporated into and made a part of the patent." On the margin of the plat is a table of courses and distances, purporting to define the boundaries as exhibited on the plat. But the-Court below finds that if these courses and distances be followed, they will…
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