ALVISO v. UNITED STATES


75 U.S. 337 (____)

8 Wall. 337

ALVISO v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Bradley, for the appellant; Mr. Wills, contra.


Mr. Justice FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:

In the case of Higueras v. United States,* this court speaks of concessions or grants of public lands, made by Mexican governors, as being of three kinds: 1st. Grants by specific boundaries, where the donee was entitled to the entire tract; 2d. Grants by quantity, as of one or more leagues of land situated in a larger tract, described by out-boundaries...

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