United States v. Rose
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Distinct Court of the. United States for the northern district of California. The facts of the cáse are stated in the opinion of the .court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The appellees were confirmed in a-tract of land in Yuba county, California, containing six square leagues, bounded north by the Yuba river, west by the eastern line of Captain Sutter’s land, south by Johnson’s rancho, and easterly for quautity.
The original claimant is John Smith. He was examined as a witness, and testifies that he was a naturalized citizen of Mexico. That in September, 1844, he petitioned the Governor of California for the land, and obtained a favorable report from Captain Sutter, and in 1845 received from the latter a copy of the “general title,” which the Governor had…
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