United States v. Jacks
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Third Judicial District, Monterey County. The tract of land sought to be condemned is known as Point Pinos. The stone building, which the United States had erected on the demanded premises, was built in 1854 for a lighthouse and the residence of a lighthouse keeper, and had been used for that purpose. The defendants appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:
This proceeding, commenced in 1870, is taken by the United States, under the Act of the Legislature of this State, passed in 1859 (p. 26), to condemn a certain tract of *516land, situate in Monterey County, containing about twenty-five acres in superficial area, with a roadway to and from the same. The premises sought to be condemned are.part of the rancho Punta de Pinos.
The entire rancho is some 3,300 acres in extent, and was granted by the Mexican nation to one José Armenta, from whom the defendants, Jacks and others, derive their title. The tract has been finally…
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