The national Republican., 1867-11-07
THE COURTS.

suPREnE CouRr or RE DISTRICT or CoLuH
sn-esrrsAIT T.sn -rhs court met Yesterday.
lrroanlrs ApHirrsD.
city, who 10 candidste for admission to the bar o
this District had HI, claim referred 10 eommissiou
consisting % hs'sr', ro'tsp, Leeeh ana Thomp'Ol
On iSs motion Of M oeot. Jan. s. rr,ulrn, ol
The Supreme 6surt q Pennsyly.Dia, wss admitted
n ptsetee Al the bar Of this District.
AVN ISftnssriHa LAND oAss.
biz HSa sS'R E %st.r .ss % sSS = soi ss.sop sr f.i
Planiifs; Msssrs Blair. Bradley and Dick for de-
This is an application for an injunction and other
reli.f, sr9ving ont q Pc emPtOn claim on certain
The fact. sr. tSss.I while California was .uii q
portion Of Mexico one Gen. john N: O. Vallejo, who
held oslal jurisdiction over portion Of Alta, Call
: sisim Of uis, q large tre, Of coustry Known !,
susc,l Rancho, pssiuring vast herds o. cattle
thereon, snd Otherwise exercising ovn'rship.. The
tract contained much valuable land, and on II the
cities Of Beneeia and Vallejo are situsted.
This elaim, being iuppotted By the prestige o. Its
military clsimaut, met vi no effective oppositicp,
1874 by formal grant from the proper Mexiesn eu-
thorss. This grsn however, turns out to be either
forgsd o. without arthotisy upSn ne aa5s' & alton
Of the suscol Rancho TO various parties, aud among
theIe land buysr were the dstendants Ia this case
TIE Supreme Court Of the Unled States, having oe-
eason TO adjudieste land tites In the col Banehe
declared that Vallejo had no title to the land In the
Rancho In question. Thereupcp, ss II was supposed
that this land By this decision opened 10 tetls.
msnt under the general prs-emp,icn act, the work.
men Of the navy yard at Bsneeia and others sought
TO make pre-. e.smption settlements on tbs suso5i
Rspehe--gopg out oftsntime. At night and putting
up, noiselessy, with screws houses preyiou ly htd
together In Benecia.
The lands % purchasers from Vallejo bsipg thus
Invaded, tho ho dsrs resisted. The houses thus
,quatted upon the lands were, In many eaGes demo.
ished; . state Of fe.liug which led TO frsqusnt
breaches Of the peace wa, and civil war on
small scale Threatened the nsighborhood. To quiet
these dicultles, Congress, on the Sd OF March, 1883
passed an act Authorizing bona fds purchasers aud
settlers, under grants from vallejo, TO Pre- smpt The
lsnds they occupied, makinG their boundaries te.
rsetsd 70 b. made upon the rancho, being provided
that adjoining settlements make Joint entries, 80
that they could afterwards settle the boundaries
among themselves Before the passage Of the act OF
1885, and sftsr the decision Of the Supreme Court de-
olsrfng the inyaldty Of ys,leJos utle frl.bie the
which whitney claimed under the Vallejo grant; and
he aimed to hold It under the general Pre'smpion
law Of isIl
Frisbio brought an action OF sieetmsnt against
whituey in one q the State courts OF California,
which, after going on appeal TO the suprem. Court
briggs his bill TO divest the defendant OF any title
to the land In question: and prsys the court "that
the defendant, " he has entered the lands, may be
declared to hold the same In trust for the piAintf
The turns upon tho construction Of the act Of
March :, 1888, Gnd the compliance Of Que Of the
parties 70 the suit with its provisions
The case was opeued for tho plaintiff BY Mr.. D. ?,
Walker for the plaintiff, and was not concluded a,
the zdjournment OF the court.
Mr., J. A. Dick will reply this morning.
At 8 O'Clock, the court adjourned. -
For previous day's proeesdiSgs see fourth page.