Gilson v. Robinson

Belcher, C. C.

This is an action to determine a con- . test as to which of the parties has the better right to *540purchase from the state the southeast quarter of a certain thirty-sixth section of land in Monterey County.

In the court below judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed. The case comes here on the judgment roll.

The findings show the facts to be as follows: In the year 1854 the north and south exterior lines, and in 1855 the east and west exterior lines, of the township in which the land in controversy is situated, were run by the United States…