United States v. Cambuston
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California, which affirmed a decree of the land commissioners in favor of a grant of land to Cambuston. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California, which affirmed a decree of the land commissioners in favor of a grant of land to Cambuston. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Black made the following points: 1. Assuming the paper on which the claim is based to be genuine, it is, nevertheless, void and worthless, for w„ant of. a petition and inquiry. 2. The grant is inoperative, for want of evidence that it was delivered while the Governor had power to -make it. 3. The .grant is fraudulent, fictitious, and simulated.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California, affirming a decree of the land commissioners.
The claimant below gave in evidence the following document, purporting to be a grant of a large tract of land on the upper waters of the Sacramento river, from a Mexican Governor' of California, dated 23d May, 1846:
Pio Pico, Constitutional Governor of the Department of California:
Whereas Mr. Henry Cambuston has petitioned, for his own personal advantage, for a tract of unoccupied land in the valley of the Sacramento, joining on the…
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