United States v. Baca
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAR FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition to the Court of Private Land Claims by Margarito Baca for the confirmation to him, and to all other persons interested, of the title to a tract of land in Yalencia ■ county-in New Mexico, known as the San Jose del Encinal tract, alleged to bare been granted to Baltazar Baca and his two sons in 1768 by the Spanish' Governor and Captain General of New Mexico.
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APPEAR FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition to the Court of Private Land Claims by Margarito Baca for the confirmation to him, and to all other persons interested, of the title to a tract of land in Yalencia ■ county-in New Mexico, known as the San Jose del Encinal tract, alleged to bare been granted to Baltazar Baca and his two sons in 1768 by the Spanish' Governor and Captain General of New Mexico. The petition prayed the court to take and exercise jurisdiction of the petition; to hear and determine all questions relative to the tract, its extent, proper location and…
1Opinion of the Court
"Mr. Justice Gray,
after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
The duty of securing private rights in lands within the territory ceded by Mexico to the United States by the treaties of 1848 and 1853, (whether complete and absolute titles, or merely equitable interests needing some further act of the Government -.t.Qjerfect the legal title,) and of fulfilling the obligations imposed upon' the United States by the treaties, belonged to the political department of the Government; and might either be discharged by Congress itself, or be delegated by Congress to a strictly…
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