Enwright

United States v. Enwright

Good Law
25 F. Cas. 1015·1862 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33
United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaSeptember 13, 1862California3,211 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

OFINION OF THE COURT. The official surrey in this case has been returned into court under the provisions of the act of 1860. The objections are filed on the part of the United States. By tile final decree of confirmation, the land is described as follows: “The land, of which confirmation is made, is situated in the county of Santa Clara, and now occupied by said James Enwright; the said land being in a square of two thousand varas, on each side, and lying adjoining lands known as the ‘Mission Bands of the Mission of Santa Clara,’ and having, for the side of said premises next to said mission, a line drawn from the first live oak before the place known as ‘San Pedro y San Pablo,’ and running thence to the south-southeast 2,000 varas, unless the same shall sooner strike the limits of the land known, in 1846, as ‘Mariano Castro’s land,’ and terminatixig the same at said Castro’s limits, if the said line should strike said limits with less than 2,000 varas. The land hereby confirmed being the square having the line above mentioned for the side of the same on the part towards said mission.” This description is founded on the record of judicial possession- produced in the cause, and to…

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