Hamm v. City of San Francisco

The contest in this case arises out of a defect in a conveyance from Henry Gierke to the town of San Francisco, executed in 1850; but the day and month are left blank. It was acknowledged, however, April 8, 1850, and recorded on the following day. Gierke, before the land was surveyed into lots, had received a grant of two 50-vara lots in 1848; or rather an unsurveyed lot 50 by 100 varas, equal to two 50-vara lots. Upon extending the surveys, subsequently, by direction of the ayuntamiento, six 50-vara lots *120were set apart as a public square, since known as Union square, which embraced the lot…