Mahoney v. Middleton
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. Francisco de Haro died intestate on or about the 1st, day of January, 1849, leaving him surviving the following heirs at law, viz: 1. Josefa de Haro, who intermarried with James Gr.
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Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. Francisco de Haro died intestate on or about the 1st, day of January, 1849, leaving him surviving the following heirs at law, viz: 1. Josefa de Haro, who intermarried with James Gr. Denniston; 2. Rosalia de Haro, who intermarried with Charles Brown; 3. Prudencio de Haro, a male; 4. Carlotta de Haro, who intermarried with Isaac Y. Denniston; 5. Candelaria de Haro, who intermarried with Juan Pruzzo; 6. Natividad de Haro, who intermarried with Paul Tissot; 7. Alonzo de Haro. The Rancho Laguna de la…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, C. J.:
Action to recover possession of Rancho Laguna de la Merced. The title was confirmed to the seven heirs of Francisco de Haro as tenants in common, and the plaintiffs and all the defendants who set up title, claim under them. It is conceded that the interests held by Josefa and Alonzo—one *49undivided seventh, each—passed to Mahoney, and it appears that three eighths of the interest of Candelaria vested in the plaintiffs, and that the "remainder of her interest vested in the defendants, or some of them.
Prudencio conveyed his interest in the rancho—one seventh—to…
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