People v. Crockett
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fifteenth Judicial District, Contra Costa County. The plaintiff recovered judgment, and the defendants appealed. 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 taxes for the year 1865-6, assessed in the County of Contra Costa upon “ the real estate described as follows: Three leagues of land situate in said county, granted by the Mexican Government to Teodora Soto, and called or known by the common name or designation, as the ‘ Rancho Cañada del Hambre,’ being a sobrante of the El Pinole and Las Juntas Ranchos, after the same shall have been surveyed and located, equal to thirteen thousand three hundred fourteen acres of land, assessed at three *153dollars per acre, amounting to tMrty-nine thousand…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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