Mayo v. Mazeaux

Cbockett, J,, delivered the opinion of the Court:

This is an action to recover possession of a lot in the City of Sacramento, and the plaintiff claims to have deraigned his title from John A. Sutter, under a confirmed Mexican grant, and a patent thereon from the Government of the United States. The answer is a general denial of the plaintiff’s title, and an allegation of title in the defendants. On the trial the defendants offered no proof of title, and the case turns upon the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s proofs, to overcome the presumption of title arising from the possession of the…