Morrill v. Chapman
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the .District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Solano County. This was an action brought to recover one half of a quarter section of land in Solano County, alleged to be within the limits of a Mexican grant known as the Tolenas or Armijo Grant. The facts, as set forth in the opinion of the Court concerning the titles under which the parties respectively claimed, are established by the evidence contained in the appellants’ statement on motion for a new trial.
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Appeal from the .District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Solano County. This was an action brought to recover one half of a quarter section of land in Solano County, alleged to be within the limits of a Mexican grant known as the Tolenas or Armijo Grant. The facts, as set forth in the opinion of the Court concerning the titles under which the parties respectively claimed, are established by the evidence contained in the appellants’ statement on motion for a new trial. The Court below tried the cause without a jury, and rendered judgment for plaintiff; from.which, and from an order denying…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, J.:
A brief statement of the facts, and some of the proceedings in the cause, will materially aid in disposing of this appeal. The plaintiff claims under a patent issued in 1861, by the United States, under the public land system. The defendant, through his lessor, claims title under a Mexican grant, and the proceedings in the national tribunals for its confirmation, in which the last step was the confirmation of the survey by the District Court. The Court below found that the defendant was in possession, claiming under his lessors, and found the value of one third of the…
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