United States v. Fossat
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal frond the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California. Fossat claimed an interest of three-fourths in the tract of land granted to Justo Barios by Governor Alvarado, on the 1st' of August, 1842. The, mesné conveyances need not be stated, as the only dispute in this court relatecbto the location of the land.- In June, 1842, Barios presented a petition to the Governor, stating that he had previously presented 'one in 1836, and…
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This was an appeal frond the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California. Fossat claimed an interest of three-fourths in the tract of land granted to Justo Barios by Governor Alvarado, on the 1st' of August, 1842. The, mesné conveyances need not be stated, as the only dispute in this court relatecbto the location of the land.- In June, 1842, Barios presented a petition to the Governor, stating that he had previously presented 'one in 1836, and another in 1840, both of which were lost. He stated that he had purchased a house upon the premises, and resided there…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The appellee presented to the board of commissioners, appointed under the act of Congress of the 3d March, 1851, (9 Stat. at L., 632, ch. 41,) to settle private land claims in Cali fornia, a claim for three-fourths of a league of land, known as part of the Cañada de los Capitancillos. He produced to the board satisfactory evidence of the authenticity of a grant from the Governor of California, bearing date in 1842, to Justo Larios, for a parcel of land having that name; also that Larios had occupied, improved, and cultivated it, conformably to the conditions of the grant; that in 1845 he had…
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