Legal Opinion

Marquez v. Frisbie

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 18, 1879No. 78PublishedCited by 160 opinions

Error to tbe Supreme Court of tbe State of California. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

The original suit was begun by a petition of tbe plaintiff in error in the proper court of the State of California, setting forth several reasons why tbe decision of tbe Department of the Interior against his claim as a pre-emptor, and in favor of Frisbie and others, to a certain -quarter-section of land, was erroneous, and praying a decree of the court declaring him to be its true owner and his .right to the legal title paramount. The case was heard in the inferior State court on a demurrer to this petition, which was sustained, and the judgment there rendered against plaintiff was affirmed…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Shepley v. CowanSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  3. Moore v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. Michigan Bank v. EldredSupreme Court of the United States · 1870

3Cited by160 opinions

  1. Maxwell Land-Grant CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Bates & Guild Co. v. PayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. United States Ex Rel. Riverside Oil Co. v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  4. Cosmos Exploration Co. v. Gray Eagle Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
  5. James v. Germania Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901

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