United States v. Reading
Supreme Court of the United States
This.was an appeal from the district court of the United States for the northern district of California. - The claim was originally presented to the-board of commissioners, who confirmed it in December, 1852, to the extent and quantity of six square leagues and no more, as described in the Mexican grant, if that quantity be contained within the boundaries called for in the grant; and if less, then they confirmed it for that smaller quantity.
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This.was an appeal from the district court of the United States for the northern district of California. - The claim was originally presented to the-board of commissioners, who confirmed it in December, 1852, to the extent and quantity of six square leagues and no more, as described in the Mexican grant, if that quantity be contained within the boundaries called for in the grant; and if less, then they confirmed it for that smaller quantity. The United States appealed to the district court, which affirmed the decision of the commissioners. An appeal brought the case up to this court. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
We find in the record of this appeal, that Reading, the appellee, was' an immigrant from the United States, in the then Mexican' territory of California, in the year 1842, and that he afterwards became a citizen of the Mexican republic. After residing there for two years, he petitioned the governor, Michel Torena, for a grant of land called Buena Ventura, situated on the bank of the River Sacramento, bounded on the north by vacant lands; on the east by the River Sacramento, and on the south and west by vacant lands, according to a plat annexed to his petition. The governor referred the…
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