Page v. Fowler

The main facts of this case are almost precisely the same as in Page v. Fowler (28 Cal. 605 and 37 Cal. 100.)

The plaintiff was in possession of about eight hundred acres of land, which had been inclosed for many years, and which he claimed to own under the so-called Suscol grant. In the summer of 1862, while crops put in by plaintiff were still growing upon the land, the defendants entered, claiming one hundred and sixty acres of land each, as pre - emptioners. They built small houses upon their respective claims, where they afterwards lived. They each possessed the requisite qualifications…