Sutter
United States v. Sutter
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Hoffman, J.
This cause comes up on objections to survey filed on the part of the United States and of various purchasers under [John A.] Sutter, who have intervened in the proceeding, under the act of 1860. The boundaries of the land confirmed to the claimant are described in the decree of the board as follows: “On the south by a line drawn due east from the Sacramento river, so as to touch the most southerly point of a pond or laguna, situated near said river, and about five miles south of the American river, as represented on the map filed in the case, marked B. and B. P. L., exhibit to the deposition of Juan B. Alvarado, March 15, 1855, which line is also marked on said map Lindero, labeled Norte 38° 49' 32", on the north by a line drawn due east from the Sacramento river to the southern base of the mountains known as the Buttes, and represented on the said map as Los Tres Picos, and from thence until it intersects the eastern boundary of the tract as represented on said map and described in the grant and in the depositions of said Vioget; on the west by the said river Sacramento, and on the east by the margins of Feather river inclusive. For more particular description, reference to be…