United States v. Billing
Supreme Court of the United States
. The Board of Land Commissioners, established by act of Congress of March 3, 1851, to settle private land claims 'in California, confirmed, in 1851, to Billing and others, a tract of land granted in 1839 by the Mexican Government to one Felis.
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. The Board of Land Commissioners, established by act of Congress of March 3, 1851, to settle private land claims 'in California, confirmed, in 1851, to Billing and others, a tract of land granted in 1839 by the Mexican Government to one Felis. The decree set forth the boundaries of the land- essentially as follows: “Commencing at the mouth of the creek Avichi, emptying into the Petaluma marsh, and running up said creek ten thousand varas, to a point called Palos Colorados; thence in a northerly direction five thousand varas, to a place marked by a pile of stones; thence'in an easterly…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
In the case of United States v. Halleck, * it is said that “ the decree is a finality, not only as to the question of title, but as to the boundaries which it specifies.” If erroneous in either particular, the remedy was by appeal; but the appeal having been withdrawn by the Government, the question of its correctness is forever closed. In The Fossat Case, † the same doctrine was fully established.
The final decree in this case sets forth the specific boundaries of the land granted, and it is admitted that the surveyor found no difficulty in finding the monuments and boundaries described in…
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- United States v. HancockU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1887