San Francisco Sav. Union v. Irwin

This is an action to recover possession of a tract of land situated partly in the county of Napa, and partly in the county of Solano, consisting of 7,413 acres and a fraction of an acre. It is alleged to be swamp and overflowed land, and that the title to it therefore passed to the state by the act of congress of September •28, 1850, “to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits.” 9 St. 519.

The first section of that act grants to the state of Arkansas “the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby for cultivation,” which…