United States v. Hancock
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. ■This was a bill filed to. set aside a patent. The facts were these:’ ■ In'1843 Michael White petitioned for a tract of land at the month of the Cajon de los Mejicanos.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. ■This was a bill filed to. set aside a patent. The facts were these:’ ■ In'1843 Michael White petitioned for a tract of land at the month of the Cajon de los Mejicanos. This petition was sustained and a grant made by Governor Manuel Micheltorena, the, Mexican governor of the Californias, which read : “ Whereas Don Michael White, a Mexican by naturalization, has^ petitioned for his own benefit and that of his family for the place known by the name of ‘Muscupiabe,’ bounded on the north by .the foot of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brewer,
after stating the case as above, deliv- ' ered the opinion of the court.
It is obvious that the confirmation was of a tract with specified boundaries, and as such covered all the land within those 'boundaries, irrespective of quantity, and this, notwithstanding there appeared in the prior proceedings statements that the tract contained a certain amount, “ a little more or less,” which •amount was very much less than that included within the boundaries. “ When a decree gives the boundaries of the tract to which the claim is confirmed, with precision, and ha.s become final by…
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