O'Connell v. Dougherty
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, Contra Costa County. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the Court below, and the defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, J. :
This is an action to recover possession of a tract of land, being a part of the San Pablo Rancho, in Contra Costa County. Prior to 1831, Governor Arguello made a grant of three square leagues of land in Contra Costa County to Francisco Maria Castro. Said Castro shortly afterward went into possession, made improvements, and thereafter occupied the lands granted till his death, in 1831. Said Castro left a will, by which he devised one half of said lands to his surviving wife, and divided the other half equally among his eleven children—■ *461one of his sons, Joaquin Isidro…
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