Gwin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This is an appeal from an order of the District Court óf the United States for the Northern District of California sustaining a demurrer to, and. dismissing the petition of, the appellants, intervenors, who prayed that a certain decree of the above-named District Court, made on November 30, 1859, be ordered .to be executed.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This is an appeal from an order of the District Court óf the United States for the Northern District of California sustaining a demurrer to, and. dismissing the petition of, the appellants, intervenors, who prayed that a certain decree of the above-named District Court, made on November 30, 1859, be ordered .to be executed. C It appears that on January 31, 1.852, certain persons by the name of .Peralta presented to and filed with the board of land commissioners, under the act of Congress “ to…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justick Brown
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appeal in this case is taken from the decree of' May 28, 1900, sustaining the demurrer to, and dismissing the petition of, the appellants, which was filed March 29, 1900.
Our jurisdiction of this appeal depends upon certain statutes, which it becomes necessary to consider. By the original act of March 3, 1851, 9 Stat. 631, to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of California, a commission of three persons was constituted (sec. 1) to settle such claims, whose duty it was (sec. 8) to decide upon their validity and to…
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