Castro v. Hendricks
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. It was a petition to the Circuit Court for a mandamus to Hendricks, commanding him to prepare a patent for some land in California; secondly, to cause said patent, when ready for the requisite signatures of the appropriate officers,, to be presented to the recorder of the land office and the President of the United States, or other proper officers of the Government, for their…
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. It was a petition to the Circuit Court for a mandamus to Hendricks, commanding him to prepare a patent for some land in California; secondly, to cause said patent, when ready for the requisite signatures of the appropriate officers,, to be presented to the recorder of the land office and the President of the United States, or other proper officers of the Government, for their respective signatures; thirdly, to deliver the patent so prepared and duly subscribed to the petitioner. A rule was laid upon…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
■ The appellant petitioned .the Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus, to be directed to the Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, Commissioner of the Land Office, commanding him to prepare and provide a patent to the appellant for a parcel of land in California, which had been confirmed to him by the decree of the District Court for the northern district of California, and is described in a survey approved by the surveyor general of that State.
It appears from the petition and answer, and the papers filed in the Circuit. Court, and forming a part of the record, that in the year 1839 the Governor of…
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