Sherman v. Buick
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, County of Santa Clara. The exterior lines of the township in which the demanded premises are located were surveyed by the United States in 1852. The defendant recovered judgment, and the plaintiff appealed from the judgment and from an order denying a new trial. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, J.:
This action was brought for the recovery of the possession of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-six, township five south, range one east, Mount Diablo meridian.
The plaintiff claims title under a patent issued to him by the United States on the 15th day of May, 1869.
The defendant claims title under a patent issued to him by this State on the 6th day of January, 1869.
The plaintiff' offered to prove that the land was not surveyed by the United States until about August 11th, 1866, when the official township plat was filed in the Land Office…
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