Alexander v. Rodriguez
United States Circuit Court
[In equity. Bill by George Alexander against Jacinto Rodriguez, Rensselaer E. Steele, Isaac C. Steele, Edgar W. Steele, and George Steele to redeem certain land which had been conveyed to Rodriguez. Bill dismissed.]
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, District Judge.
This was a bill in equity, filed to redeem a certain estate conveyed to the defendant Rodriguez, by a deed absolute on its face, but alleged to be a mortgage. The general and undisputed facts of the case are as follows:
On the 13th April, 1S52, Jose Maria Vil-lavieeneia, the grantee of a rancho known as the “Corral de Piedra,” conveyed to his children all his right and title in the rancho. His claim had not then been confirmed, but a final decree of a confirmation was subsequently obtained, the lands surveyed, and a patent issued in November, 1867. In 18 — , Jose Alaria…
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