O'Farrel v. Harney
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. Ejectment to recover a belt of land fronting on Ann street, in -the town of Washington, three and a half feet wide, and extending back to the rear line of the lots fronting on said street. The defendant had judgment and the plaintiff appealed. ■ The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
The town of Washington was laid off and surveyed into lots, blocks and streets in the year 1850; an initial-point was established, stakes were set at the corners of the blocks, and a map was made, which was intended to represent the survey. The initial-point was subsequently lost, and in 1853 two iron bars were set at the northeast and southeast corners of block No. 3, in the place of the stakes which had *127been set when the survey was made, and the bars still remain. In 1864 the county surveyor made a map of the town, which was a traced copy of the first map, and on it were…
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