Legal Opinion

Rooker v. Johnston

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1874No. 4,359PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the District Court, Third Judicial District, County of Alameda. Thé Court below rendered judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Rhodes, J.:

Contest originating in the Surveyor-General’s office, for the purchase of the west one half of section sixteen, township three south, range three east, Mount Diablo meridian. The official plat of the survey was filed in the Land Office in San Francisco on the 4th day of June, 1869. The *5plaintiff filed Ms application to purchase the lands, on the 16th day of June, 1869; but it was defective. One of the defendants filed Ms application to purchase the southwest quarter of the section, on the 30th day of December, 1870; and the other defendant filed his application to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Copp v. HarringtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Klauber v. HigginsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. People ex rel. Eadie v. Noyo Lumber Co.California Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Rowell v. PerkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Klauber v. HigginsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Guardian Alliance Technologies, Inc. v. Miller Mendel, Inc.District Court, E.D. California · 2025

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