French v. Edwards
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. This was an action for the possession of a tract of land situated in the county of Sacramento, in the State of California, “commencing at the corner of Main and Water Streets of the town of Sutter, at the east bank of the Sacramento River; running thence, in a northerly direction, up and along said river one-half of a mile; thence in an easterly direction one mile; thence southerly, at right…
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. This was an action for the possession of a tract of land situated in the county of Sacramento, in the State of California, “commencing at the corner of Main and Water Streets of the town of Sutter, at the east bank of the Sacramento River; running thence, in a northerly direction, up and along said river one-half of a mile; thence in an easterly direction one mile; thence southerly, at right angles, one-half mile; and thence westerly’, at right angles, one mile, to the place of beginning, containing three hundred…
1Opinion of the Court
80 U.S. 506 (____)
13 Wall. 506
FRENCH
v.
EDWARDS ET AL.
Supreme Court of United States.
Mr. Eugene Casserly, in support of the ruling below.
Mr. S.O. Houghton (briefs of Mr. D. Lake and Mr. J. Reynolds being filed), contra, for the plaintiff in error.
Mr. Justice FIELD having stated the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:
There are undoubtedly many statutory requisitions intended for the guide of officers in the conduct of business devolved upon them, which do not limit their power or render its exercise in disregard of the requisitions ineffectual. Such generally are regulations…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lincoln v. FrenchSupreme Court of the United States · 1882