United States v. Chaves
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OE PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This is an appeal on behalf of the United States from a decree of the Court of Private Land Claims, made on the 26th. day of September, 1892, in the matter of the claim for certain lands in Valencia County, New Mexico, commonly called the “ Cubero ” land grant.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OE PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This is an appeal on behalf of the United States from a decree of the Court of Private Land Claims, made on the 26th. day of September, 1892, in the matter of the claim for certain lands in Valencia County, New Mexico, commonly called the “ Cubero ” land grant. The case as presented in the pleadings is as follows: It is claimed by the petitioners that in the year 1833 the Republic of Mexico, by Francisco Sarricino, the governor of the Territory of New Mexico, granted to Juan Chaves, and about sixty others, “ and to the town of Cubero, whose…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
It is provided in the ninth section of the act of March 3, 1891, c. 539, 26 Stat. 854, establishing the Court of Private Land Claims, that, upon any appeal from such court, “the Supreme Court shall retry the cause, as well the issues of fact as of law, and may cause testimony to be taken in addition to that given in the court below, and may amend the record of the proceedings below as truth and justice may require; and on such retrial and hearing every question shall be open.”
The present case has been submitted to us on the record of the court below, containing the pleadings, the evidence,…
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