McManus v. O'Sullivan

Me. Chxee Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

• Terence B. McManus, under whom the plaintiff claims, entered into the possession of the premises in controversy in 1854, or thereabouts. He continued his possession until his death in 1861, at or about which time the defendants entered and held adversely .to his estate until the commencement of this action in August, 1867.

When McManus entered, and during all the time he was in possession, the city of San Francisco was asserting title to the property, under a Mexican pueblo right, before the commissioners appointed under the act of…