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BORAX, LTD. v. LOS ANGELES

No. 34.

296 U.S. 10 (1935)

BORAX CONSOLIDATED, LTD. ET AL. v. LOS ANGELES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 11, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.W. Ashburn, with whom Mr. Gurney E. Newlin was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Loren A. Butts, with whom Mr. Ray L. Chesebro was on the brief, for respondent.

By leave of Court, Messrs. Oscar Lawler and Eugene M. Prince filed a brief as amici curiae, in support of certain contentions of respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The City of Los Angeles brought this suit to quiet title to land claimed to be tideland of Mormon Island situated in the inner bay of San Pedro now known as Los Angeles Harbor. The City asserted title under a legislative grant by the State. Stats. Cal. 1911, p. 1256; 1917, p. 159.1 Petitioners claimed under a preemption patent issued...

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