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ARGUELLO ET AL. v. THE UNITED STATES

59 U.S. 539 (1855)

18 How. 539

MARIA DE LA SOLIDAD DE ARGUELLO ET AL., CLAIMANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. MARIA DE LA SOLIDAD DE ARGUELLO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

They were argued by Mr. Jones, with whom were Mr. Benton and Mr. Strode, for the claimants, and by Mr. Gillett, for the United States, upon which side there was also a brief filed by Mr. Cushing, (attorney-general.)

Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

The claimants in this case presented their petition to the commissioners for settling private land claims in California, praying to have their title confirmed "to a certain tract of land called the `Rancho de las Pulgas.'" They allege that this tract contains twelve square leagues of land, having a front on the bay of San Francisco of four leagues, bounded southerly by a creek called San Francisquito, and northerly...

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