Folsom

The grant in this ease was for eight square leagues of land on the banks of the American river, bounded by the land granted to the colony of Señor Sutter, and by the ranges of hills to the east. In the petition the tract is described as bounded by the lands of Señor Sutter, as shown by the map thereto annexed: “Said place is on the bank of the American river, and consists of four leagues in length towards the east, and two in breadth towards the south.” The decree of the board describes the land confirmed to the claimants as follows: “Beginning at an oak tree on the bank of the American river, marked as a boundary to the lands granted to John A. Sutter, and running thence south to the line of said Sutter, two leagues; thence easterly, by lines parallel to the general direction of the American river, and at the distance, as near as may be, of two leagues therefrom, four leagues, or so far as may be necessary to inclose in the tract eight square leagues; thence northerly, by a line parallel to the *1129 one above described, to the American river; thence, along the southern bank of said American river, and bounding thereon, to the point of beginning.” The appeal from this decree…