Foss v. Hinkell
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.
— Ejectment. Judgment for plaintiffs, and appeal by defendant from judgment and order denying the motion for a new trial.
The plaintiffs claimed title under a patent from the United States of the land in suit to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, dated the 4th of April, 1879, and a deed of the company, of date of the 20th of June, 1887, conveying this land to them.
The defendant is a duly qualified pre-emptor, having entered into and held possession of the land in suit since the 22d of April, 1886, and ever since that day has been a bona fide pre-emption settler thereon. On the tenth day of…
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