States

I do not deem it necessary to consider at any length the argument presented on behalf of the claimants, by which it is sought to prove that the whole tract delineated on the diseño should have been confirmed, and not merely half a league, to which their claim was restricted. The point was considered and decided by the board, and that decree has become final; nor have any objections to the survey been filed by the claimants on the ground that it embraces only half a league, as required by the decree, and not the much larger quantity delineated on the desiño. That the decree of the board was correct cannot be for a moment doubted. The original petition of Galindo describes the land as one league in length by half a league in breadth. The witnesses whose testimony was taken by order of the governor variously estimate it as of the extent of “one league in length by half a league in breadth;” “three-quarters of a league in length by one-quarter of a league in breadth;” and “one league in length by half a league in breadth in some places, and a quarter of a league in others.” And in the fourth condition describes it as of a length equivalent to half a league, directs it to be measured,…