United States v. Peralta
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the southern district of California. The nature of the claim, and a list of the documents in support of it, are given in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the southern district of California. The nature of the claim, and a list of the documents in support of it, are given in the opinion of the court. The decree of the District Court, was as follows, viz: ' That the claim presented in the petition filed in this case, for the place called San Antonio, is valid to the whole extent of.its bounds, to wit: having for its northern boundary a line commencing on the bay of San Francisco, at a point where there are close to the said bay the two cerritos, as described in the first…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
This case originated before tbe commissioners for ascertaining and settling private land claims in California..
Domingo and Vicente Peralta claimed as grantees and dev--isees of their father, Luis Peralta.
Tbe documentary evidence filed in support of tbe claim consists of a true copy from tbe archives in tbe office of tbe surveyor general of California, containing, so far as they are material in tbe present inquiry, tbe following averments :
1. Tbe petition of Luis Peralta to tbe Governor for a grant of. land, extending from tbe creek of San Leandro to a small…
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