Churchill Co. v. Kingsbury
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for Writ of Mandate against W. S. Kings-bury, Surveyor-General, and ex-officio. Register of the State Land Office of the State of California. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Tapscott & Tapscott, A. E. Bolton, and O. K. McMurray, for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
This is a proceeding in mandamus, brought to compel the state surveyor-general to perform the acts preliminary to the issuance to petitioner of a patent for 5,120 acres of land in Siskiyou County. An alternative writ was ordered. The material facts are admitted, either by answer or by stipulation.
On October 11, 1872, one Dorris made application under the law of 1868 (Stats. 1867-68, p. 507) for the land in question, as swamp and overflowed land. The county surveyor of Siskiyou County made a survey, and returned the same to the surveyor-general. On October 4, 1874, the register of the state…
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