Higgins v. Houghton
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Sixth Judicial District, Sacramento County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.
The complaint alleges, substantially, that the United States, by virtue of an Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1853, granted to the State of California the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in every township for the benefit of public schools therein; and that all and singular the conditions precedent required by the Act of the Legislature of this State, passed April 27, 1863, and entitled “ An Act to provide for the sale of certain lands belonging to this State,” having been fulfilled by the action of the proper State officer, and by a performance on the part of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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