Board of Trustees of Grant v. Board of Trustees of Grant
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Socorro County; Neblef, Judge. Action by the Board of Trustees of the Cebilleta de La Joya Grant, for the benefit of the owners in common thereof, against the Board of Trustees of the Belen Land Grant. The Court of Private Land Claims had jurisdiction of the original petition of Felipe Peralta and Tomas Cordoba for the confirmation of the grant. 6 Fed. Stats. Ann. 54.. As to what constitutes jurisdiction see Brougham v. Oceanic Steam Nav.
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Appeal from District Court, Socorro County; Neblef, Judge. Action by the Board of Trustees of the Cebilleta de La Joya Grant, for the benefit of the owners in common thereof, against the Board of Trustees of the Belen Land Grant. The Court of Private Land Claims had jurisdiction of the original petition of Felipe Peralta and Tomas Cordoba for the confirmation of the grant. 6 Fed. Stats. Ann. 54.. As to what constitutes jurisdiction see Brougham v. Oceanic Steam Nav. Co., 205 Fed. 856. Therefore the Court of Private Land Claims was acting within the letter of the authority of the law and its…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
HANNA, J.
(after stating the facts as above)
[1]' The first question for our consideration is with respect to the nature and extent of the jurisdiction of the Court of Private Land Claims.
Appellee contends that this court was one of special and limited jurisdiction, without power to do anything except settle controversies between claimants to a Spanish or Mexican grant and the United States, and that its decree operated only as a quitclaim, so far as the government was concerned; the court being precluded, by the statute creating it, from attempting to decide disputes…
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