United States v. Pendell
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The Government appeals in this case from a decree of the Court of Private Land Claims in favor of the appellees, confirming their title to a certain tract of land in the county of Dona Ana, Territory of New Mexico, alleged in the petition to contain four square leagues. The petition of the appellees alleged the making of a grant to their predecessors prior to the year 1790 of a tract of land known as Santa Teresa; that the grant was a good and valid one, and the grantee entered upon and took possession of the same, and that he and his heirs and assigns continued in peaceable possession up to…
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