Legal Opinion

The United States v. Cruz Cervantes

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 12, 1856Published

This was an appeal from the district court of the United States for the northern district of California. The nature of the claim is stated in the opinion of the court. The decree of the district court was as follows :— This cause came on to be heard at the above-stated court, on the transcript and evidence and the arguments of counsel for the United States, and for the claimant Cruz Cervantes being.

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This was an appeal from the district court of the United States for the northern district of California. The nature of the claim is stated in the opinion of the court. The decree of the district court was as follows :— This cause came on to be heard at the above-stated court, on the transcript and evidence and the arguments of counsel for the United States, and for the claimant Cruz Cervantes being. It is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that the decision and decree of the board of commissioners, for the ascertainment and settlement of private land claims in claim of the appellant, Cruz…

1Opinion of the Court 1

59 U.S. 553

18 How. 553

15 L.Ed. 484

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS,

v.

CRUZ CERVANTES.

December Term, 1855

THIS was an appeal from the district court of the United States for the northern district of California.

The nature of the claim is stated in the opinion of the court.

The decree of the district court was as follows:——

This cause came on to be heard at the above-stated court, on the transcript and evidence and the arguments of counsel for the United States, and for the claimant Cruz Cervantes being. It is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that the decision and decree of the board of…

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