Tevis v. Pitcher
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. This was an action of ejectment, to recover certain lands situated in the county of Sacramento. The facts of the ease are briefly those : In December, 1844, the then G-overnor of California made a grant to Eliab Crimes of a large tract of land, situated in the county of Sacramento, including the premises in dispute.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. This was an action of ejectment, to recover certain lands situated in the county of Sacramento. The facts of the ease are briefly those : In December, 1844, the then G-overnor of California made a grant to Eliab Crimes of a large tract of land, situated in the county of Sacramento, including the premises in dispute. Under this grant, Eliab Crimes entered into possession of the land, and continued in the possession, use, and enjoyment of the same, until his death, on the seventh of Hovember, 1848. On the…
1Opinion of the Court
Field J., delivered the opinion of the Court
2ConcurrenceTerry, C. J.
This is an action to recover possession of certain premises situated in the county of Sacramento, and the only question presented by the appeal, for determination, relates to the validity of the second codicil to the will of Eliah Grimes, under which the plaintiff claims title. In December, 1844, Grimes obtained from the then Governor of California a grant of a large tract of land, including the premises in controversy, under which he entered into possession of, and held and enjoyed the land until his death in ¡November, 1848. In April, 1845, he…
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