Maria De La Solidad De Arguello and v. The United States. The United States v. Maria De La Solidad De Arguello

The claimants in this case presented their petition to the .commissioners for settling private land claims in California, praying to have their title confirmed “ to a certain tract of land called the ‘ Rancho de las Pulgas.’ ” They allege that this tract contains twelve square leagues of land, having a front on the bay of San Francisco of four leagues, bounded' southerly by a creek called San Francisquito, and northerly by the San Mateo, and extending back from the bay some three .leagues to the sierra or range of mountains, so as to include the valley, or Cañada de Raymundo.

The commissioners…