Weber

This case comes up on objections to the survey filed by the claimant. The facts are as follows: On the 14th July, 1S43, William Gulnac, from whom the claimant derives his title, petitioned Gov. Mieheltorrena for the “land shown on the map” (which he transmitted with his petition) “consisting of eleven square leagues.” No name is given to the tract, or boundaries mentioned in this petition; and it merely asks for a tract, eleven leagues in extent, at the place delineated on the map. In the informe given by the prefect of the First district, pursuant to the order of the governor, the land is called “Campo Frances”; and in the report made by Jimeno that officer objects to the extent of the land as being "very great, unless it is requested for the formation of a colony”; in which ease he suggests that the names of the persons who formed it should be expressed. The governor, however, appears to have granted the land without inserting in the grant the names of the “families for whose benefit it was solicited, and in the decree of concession it is stated that eleven square leagues of land are granted to Don Guillermo Guinac, between the river San Joaquin on the east, and the laguna,…