Legal Opinion

DeLany v. Knapp

California Supreme Court

Decided January 30, 1896No. L. A. No. 1PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, and from an order denying a new trial. W. L. Pierce, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.

Appeals from the judgment and from the order denying a new trial. The action was to quiet title to one hundred and sixty acres of land. The facts of the case are as follow:

One Neil, from whom both plaintiff and defendants deraign title, entered the land in controversy under the United States homestead laws, and thereafter, pursuant to the statute, commuted and paid for the land, receiving a patent therefor, which, by way of preamble and recital, declared that, “ Whereas, George Neil, of San Diego county, California, has deposited in the general land-office of the United States a certificate…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Riley v. MartinelliCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Russell v. LowthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Moultrie v. WrightCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Flanagan v. ForsytheSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1897
  3. Hansen v. G & G TRUCKING CO.California Court of Appeal · 1965
  4. Van Doren v. MillerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Cooper v. MillerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913

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