Ryan v. Tomlinson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Humboldt County. This was an action to recover possession of Lot Seven in Block B, in the Town of Eureka, Humboldt County.
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Appeal from the District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Humboldt County. This was an action to recover possession of Lot Seven in Block B, in the Town of Eureka, Humboldt County. The United States patent to the town lands issued on the first of November, 1860, to the Trustees of the Town of Eureka, as the corporate authorities thereof, under what is known as the “ Town Site Law,” passed by Congress May 23d, 1844. , In April, 1855, an Act was passed by the Legislature providing for the disposal of town lots in Humboldt County, which was amended in 1856, and further amended in 1860. (Laws…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, J.:
The question upon which we shall dispose of the appeal is whether the judgment of the County Court was admissible in evidence. The Acts of Congress and the statutes of this State, under which the plaintiff claims title, were considered by the Court in Ricks v. Reed, 19 Cal. 551, and in that case the Court held that the County Court had jurisdiction of proceedings to determine conflicting claims to town lots, as provided in the Act of the Legislature of 1860, (Stat. 1860, p. 6,) and that such proceedings constitute a “ special case ” within the meaning of Article VI,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ricks v. ReedCalifornia Supreme Court · 1862
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