Vanderslice v. Hanks
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for the county of Santa Clara. This was an ejectment brought by the plaintiffs for the recovery of a tract of land in Santa Clara County.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for the county of Santa Clara. This was an ejectment brought by the plaintiffs for the recovery of a tract of land in Santa Clara County. The plaintiffs claimed to be the legal owners in fee simple, and entitled to the possession thereof, which is thus described in the grant, as translated from the Spanish: “ Two locations for large cattle, within the lands named St. John Baptist, adjoining the rancho of Gentleman Luis Bernales, the ranch of Justo Larios the Sierra, with the spot or place of the Hernandez and the Pueblo of San…
1Opinion of the CourtHeydenfeldt, Justice
This was an action of ejectment for lands in Santa Clara County. The plaintiffs derive title from Augustin Narvaez, who derives from a grant of the Mexican Governor Micheltoreno, which is in the following words:—
“ [L. S.] Seal. Provided temporarily by the Maritime Custom House of the port of Monterey in the Department of the Californias for the years 1844 and 1845.
[Signed.] Micheltoreho.
Pablo de la Gderra.
*36“The citizen Manuel Micheltoreno, Brigadier-General of the Mexican Army, Adjutant-General of the Staff of the same, Governor, Commandante of the Staff and Inspector of the Department of the…
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