Adair v. White
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, Ventura County; W. B. Cope, Judge. Action of ejectment by George M. Adair against Prank W. White and others. Prom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Ejectment for certain lands claimed to be a part of the Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy, in Ventura county. The controlling question in the case is the location of the southerly line of the rancho. This line is set forth in the patent as follows: After leaving station S. P. 13, “thence S. 42, ]4 E., at 30 links enters bed of Santa Clara river, course S. W.; at 4 chains, intersects offset of township line in township 3 N., range 21 W., 39.50 chains east of corner to sections 10, 11, 14, and 15; at four chains and fifty links crosses river, and ascends; thence, along westerly slope of abrupt hills…
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- Adair v. WhiteCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890