Chavez v. De Sanchez
New Mexico Supreme Court
Ekrok, from a judgment for plaintiff, to the Second Judicial District Court, Yalencia County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. A patent of the United States is void if the land described therein has been reserved by, or never belonged to, the government.
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Ekrok, from a judgment for plaintiff, to the Second Judicial District Court, Yalencia County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. A patent of the United States is void if the land described therein has been reserved by, or never belonged to, the government. Morton v. Nebraska, 21 Wall. 660; Polk v. Wendell, 9 Cranch, 99; Same v. Same, 5 Wheat. 301; Patterson v. Winn, 11 Id. 383,. 384; Minter v. Crommelin, 18 How. 88; Reichart v. Phelps, 6 Wall. 165; Minnesota v. Bachelder, 1 Wall. 115; Marsh v. Brooks, 8 How. 232, 233; Sabariego v. Mavericks, 124 U. S. 282, 283; Wright v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMoFie, J.
This was an action of ejectment, brought in the district court for Yalencia county by defendant in error, who was plaintiff in the court below, to recover from the plaintiffs in error the possession of a portion of the land described in a homestead patent from the United States dated April 3, 1889, and embracing one hundred and fifty-seven and thirty-six hundreths acres. Defendants below admitted the fact of their being in possession of a portion of the land embraced in the patent, and attempted to defend against the patent by showing, that the land was a part of a perfect grant made to one…
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