Ritchie v. Dorland
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, county of Solano. The plaintiffs filed their bill in chancery claiming a discovery and praying for a decree quieting plaintiff’s title to a portion of a certain tract of land in Solano county, known as “ Suisun,” and restoring plaintiffs to the possession thereof, against the defendants and some three hundred other persons, who are alleged to be trespassers on said land, though the extent of the possession of…
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Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, county of Solano. The plaintiffs filed their bill in chancery claiming a discovery and praying for a decree quieting plaintiff’s title to a portion of a certain tract of land in Solano county, known as “ Suisun,” and restoring plaintiffs to the possession thereof, against the defendants and some three hundred other persons, who are alleged to be trespassers on said land, though the extent of the possession of each is unknown to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs aver that they are the owners of the land by a clear and perfect title derived…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Murray.
Mr. Justice Terry concurred.
The plaintiffs filed a bill in chancery in the Court below, in the nature of a “ Bill of Peace,” alleging that they were the owners in fee of a tract of land known as “ Suisun.” That the defendants, with many others, have intruded upon said land, and claim to hold the same by virtue of the pre-emption laws of the United States. That one Smith, who derived title from the plaintiffs, grantor for a portion of the said land, had recovered judgment in the United States District for the same against James…
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