Ferris v. Coover
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. Those were actions of ejectment, to recover the possession of two lots, situated in the city of Sacramento. By the agreement of parties, they were tried together in the Court below.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. Those were actions of ejectment, to recover the possession of two lots, situated in the city of Sacramento. By the agreement of parties, they were tried together in the Court below. On the trial, John A. Sutter was examined as a witness, and he testified that he arrived in that part of California where the city of Sacramento is situated, in August, 1839; that he received, in June, 1841, from the then Governor of California, Juan B. Alvarado, a grant of eleven leagues of land; that the grant was accompanied…
1ConcurrenceBaldwin, J.
These were actions of ejectment, to recover the possession of two lots, situated in the city of Sacramento. By'agroemcnt of parties, they were tried together. The plaintiff deraigns his title from John A. Sutter, to whom a grant was issued by the Mexican Governor, Juan B. Alvarado, in June, 1841, and the principal questions raised by the record are : first, whether the grant confers title sufficient to support the action of ejectment; and, second, whether parol evidence is admissible in explanation of its boundaries, and to fix the location of the land granted.
The original grant to Sutter was…
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