Hicks v. Coleman
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Solano County. The following is a copy of the instrument to which reference is made in the deed from Shaddon to Hicks: “ Heleno, Chief of Indians, to Thomas Shaddon: “ New Helvetia, 13th May, 1848. “ Before me, John Sinclair, Justice of the Peace of this District, and also before the witnesses whose signatures appear at the foot of this instrument, personally appeared Heleno, Chief of the Christian Indians called…
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Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Solano County. The following is a copy of the instrument to which reference is made in the deed from Shaddon to Hicks: “ Heleno, Chief of Indians, to Thomas Shaddon: “ New Helvetia, 13th May, 1848. “ Before me, John Sinclair, Justice of the Peace of this District, and also before the witnesses whose signatures appear at the foot of this instrument, personally appeared Heleno, Chief of the Christian Indians called Moquelumnes, and declared that for himself, his heirs, and executors, and in the name of his tribe, their heirs, and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, J.
This is an action to recover a portion of a tract of land situate near the Cosumnes River, in Sacramento County. The entire tract claimed by Hicks is one league. The plaintiff introduced a certified copy from the records of Sacramento County, of a deed from Thomas J. Shaddon to himself; also, evidence showing that Shaddon had been since 1848, and was at the time of the execution of said deed, in the actual occupancy of a part of the premises described in the complaint and deed, claiming the whole; that he had an inclosure of fifteen or twenty acres near the river, with…
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