United States v. Wilson
District Court, N.D. California
Claim [by Juan Wilson] for a tract of land, supposed to contain four leagues, in Sonoma county, confirmed by the board, and appealed by the United States.
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, District Judge.
The claim in this case was confirmed by the board. No doubt is suggested as to the authenticity of the documentary evidence submitted, and the only point upon which a question was made was whether the grant and map accompanying it sufficiently indicate the granted land— there being no designation of the quantity or number of leagues in the original grant. The grant bears date on the thirteenth of November, 1839, but was not issued until the twentieth. The signature of the governor to the original grant is fully proved, and the expe-diente produced from the archives…
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