Brown v. O'Connor
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court of the fourth judicial district. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Courts
Hastings, Ch. J.
This was an action originally instituted before the court of First Instance of San Fran*420cisco for the recovery of possession of a 50 vara lot at the Mission Dolores. It appears from the evidence that on the 12th day of October, 1842, Francisco Sanchez, then Alcalde of the district of San Francisco, on the petition of plaintiff, granted the premises in controversy ; that, plaintiff enclosed the same by a fence and erected a house thereon; that afterwards, the fence having decayed, the premises were more permanently enclosed by one Leidesdorff, deceased, by and with…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- US v. Don Fernando De La Maza Arredondo & OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Strother v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
3Cited by4 opinions
- Mohr v. LanganSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Koch v. Branch & CrookesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Development of the Law of Waters in the WestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
- Yavapai-Apache Nation v. Iipay Nation of Santa YsabelCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011