Trenouth v. San Francisco
Supreme Court of the United States
Error- to the Supreme Court.of tbe State of California. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This was a suit to charge tbe defendants as trustees of certain land in tbe city of San Francisco, and to compel a conveyance of tbe legal title to the plaintiff; Tbe case is free from difficulty, but to understand tbe positions of tbe plaintiff it will be necessary to state briefly tbe history of the titles to lands in that city.
At tbe time of tbe conquest’ of California by tbe forces of tbe United States, on tbe 7th of July, 1846, there was a Mexican pueblo at tbe site of tbe present city of San Francisco. This term “ pueblo,” in its original signification, means people or population, but…
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