United States v. Hensley

66 U.S. 35

1 Black 35

17 L.Ed. 29

UNITED STATES

v.

HENSLEY.

December Term, 1861

This case came up on appeal from the decree of the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California, being a private land claim, prosecuted by the appellee under the act of Congress passed March 3, 1851.

In his petition to the Board of Land Commissioners the appellee claimed confirmation of his title to a tract of land in Butte county, known by the name of Aguas Nieves, and containing six square leagues, which, he averred, had been granted to him by Governor Micheltoreno, in December, 1844. It…