Salmon v. Symonds
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Sonoma County. Pending the action, Francis Salmon, the original plaintiff, died, and his surviving wife, the executrix of his last will, was substituted as plaintiff. The plaintiff appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, J.:
In 1845, Pio Pico, Provincial Governor of the Californias, granted to Juan N. Padilla a tract of land in Sonoma County, hailed “ Rancho Roblar de la Miseria.” On the 6th of March, 1850, said Padilla conveyed the said rancho to M. G. Vallejo and J. B. Frisbie, “ excepting and reserving therefrom one half (Spanish) league, to be taken from the southeast corner of said ‘ Rancho Roblar de la Miseria,’ * * * it being the intention of said Juan Padilla to sell and convey to said Vallejo and Frisbie the entire of said rancho, except one half league square, to be taken from…
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