Seale v. Ford
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Third Judicial District, Santa Clara County. The cause was tried in September, 1863, by the Court, without a jury. The decision was made and judgment filed January 13th, 1864. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, J.
This is an action to recover certain lands in Santa Clara County, and the contest arises out of an apparent conflict of boundaries between two adjoining ranchos granted by the Mexican Government—one, called Rancho Rinconada y Arroyo de San Francisquito, to Maria Antonio Mesa, in 1841; and the other, called Rancho San Francisquito Palo Alto, to Antonio Buelna in 1839. Both grants have been confirmed. The plaintiff is admitted to be the owner of an undivided half of the former, and the defendant Gordon, the owner of the latter by titles'derived from the respective…
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