TOWNSEND v. GREELEY


72 U.S. 326 (____)

5 Wall. 326

TOWNSEND ET AL. v. GREELEY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Ewing and Vanarman, for the plaintiffs in error:

Messrs. W.M. Stewart and C. Burbank, contra, for the defendant in error:


Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of ejectment to recover the possession of a tract of land situated within the corporate limits of the city of San Francisco, in the State of California. The plaintiff in the court below, the defendant in this court, claims to be owner in fee of the premises, by virtue of an ordinance of the common council of the city, passed on the 20th of June, 1855,...

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