Hinckley v. Fowler
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, County of Solano. The defendant had judgment, and the plaintiff appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Wallace, J.:
The controversy in this case is a contest arising under the provisions of the twenty-seventh section of “An Act to provide for the sale of certain lands belonging to the State.” (Acts 1863, p. 591.)
It appears that in December, 1866, Fowler presented to the County Surveyor of Solano County an application for certain tide lands in that county, which were described as “the one half mile water front donated to the San Francisco and Marysville Railroad Company by an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, approved April 24th, 1858.” Upon receiving this…
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