Miller v. Dale
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, County of Santa Clara. The Court below rendered judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiffs appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Belcher, J.:
This is an action of ejectment for a tract of land in Santa Clara County. By their pleadings both the plaintiff's and the defendants claim to be owners of the land in fee. From the record it appears that on the 5th day of July, 1802, by petition of that date, addressed to the Viceroy of Mexico, Mariano Castro, who was then in Mexico, requested permission to settle on a tract of land in the jurisdiction of Monterey, in the Californias, known as La Brea. The Viceroy referred the petition to the Royal Tribunal of Accounts and the Fiscal of the Royal Treasury, who…
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