Laugenour v. Shanklin

Ross, J:

This is an application for a writ of mandate to compel the Surveyor-General to approve the petitioner’s application for the purchase of certain lands. The petition avers, that on the 15th of June, 1852, under and by authority of the provisions of the Act of the Legislature, entitled, “ An Act to provide for the disposal of the five hundred thousand acres of land granted to this State by Act of Congress, that the people of the State of California may avail themselves of the benefits of the eighth section of the Act of Congress, approved April 4th, 1841, chapter 16, entitled, ‘ An Act…