Le Roy v. Dunkerly
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order granting a now trial, in the Fifteenth District Court, City and County of San Francisco. Dwi-NELLE, J. The facts arc stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Department No. 1, McKinstry, J.:
The action is ejectment to recover possession of a block of land situated within the limits of the tract granted by the State to the City of San Francisco for the term of ninety-nine years, by the Act of March 26th, 1851. (Laws 1851, p. 307.)
It is claimed by appellant that the lands in controversy never became the property of the State of California, from whom plaintiffs pretend to dcraign title, but passed from the Mexican Government to that of the United States as part of a military reservation. The lands are covered by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco,…
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