ADAMS v. NORRIS


64 U.S. 353 (____)

23 How. 353

EDWIN G. ADAMS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SAMUEL NORRIS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Benjamin and Mr. Cushing for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Johnson and Mr. Stanton for the defendant.


Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff claimed, as the assignee of heirs at law of Eliab Grimes, deceased, the title and possession of an undivided seven-eighths of a parcel of land in Sacramento county, known as the rancho del Paso, containing ten square leagues, being the land granted to Eliab Grimes by Micheltorena, Governor of California, the 20th December, 1844. The defendant resisted the...

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