Legal Opinion
United States v. Title Insurance & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 9, 1924No. 358PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
delivered the opinion of the Court..
This is a suit by the United States as guardian of certain Mission Indians to quiet in them a “ perpetual right ” to occupy, use, and enjoy a part of a confirmed Mexican land grant in southern California, for which the defendants hold a patent from the United States. The District Court dismissed the bill as not showing a cause of action, and its decree was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 288 Fed. 821.
The grant was made by Mexico in 1843. After California was ceded to the United States, Congress, in 1851, passed an act providing for the…
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