Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-10-08
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

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In the Circuit Court of the United States,
Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the Districtoi
CAMiLo MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
WILLIAM TEMPLE, Administrator
with the will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct ALL
In pursuance OF a decree OF said Circuit
Court, entered in the above enIltleu
cause on the 18th day of February, 1917,
Whereby /, the undersigned, Master IN
Oh ancery OF said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct and carry
out the sale of the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 1879,
AT 8 o'clock P. NJ. of that day, at the door
of the Court House, in the city of Los
Angeles, III the county of Los Ange-
les, in said district, l shall sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, Tor
cash in gold coin of the United states, in
separate parcels las hereinafter described
the following described property, or SO
much thereof as shall be necessary 10 pay
mplainant the amount due under SAID
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruiBg costs, except the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned ana
described, the said property being STU
ated In the county of Los Angeles, Stale
of California, district aforesaid, and par
ticularly bounded and described as 1ol-
LEWIS, TO wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
the county. of Los Angeles known anu
described in the public surveys OF the
United States OF America US tue south
half of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen 40 in township two w, south
range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardlno
hos md inr
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract of land situated
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the "Rancho Potrero Grande," bounded
and described in the patent for the same
issued by the United states Government
to Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July ID, 1859,
recorded in Book of Patents, on page l
and following, Records OF the county OF
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United States Surveyor-Generai
and field notes therein contained refer
ence is hereby made for more particu-
lar description thereof, saving ana ex-
cepting from the operation OF said decree
so much thereof as Is contained and de-
scribed in certain deed made by VIII
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed October 3D., 1852, in book 8, page 63i,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract OF land situated
in the county OF Los Angeles, being {.
portion OF the "Rancho La Puente" and
Workman by John Rowland. ST., by q
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1868, in book III deeds,
page SO, Records OF Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
portions thereof described and conveyed
in and by the following deeds: Flrst-A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Workman de Temple, dated March
0 OF deeds, page 1913. Second-A deed from
William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded September 18th. 1870, in book 10
of Deeds page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne Fitz-
hugh to l. Beale and Robert = Baker,
da!ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
Cd, 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page 81.
to Joseph w Work man. dated October
nth. 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a of deeds, page 275. Fifth--A
deed from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 10Th, 1873, and recorded No
VEN Der 10Th, 1873, in book ~ of deeds,
page 1873. And sixth--A deed from Will
liam Werk man to the Southern Pacific
and recorded May 4th, 1874. in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tiact-after ex-
cepting the portions referred TO In the
six deeds last aforementioned lis bound
ed and described as follows: Beginning
at point in the centre of the old bed of
the river San Gabriel on the south side
of the road from Los Angeles to San Ber'
nardino, in an irregular mound OF rock
from which q willow tree inches in di-
ameter bears N 721a degrees w distant 9Sl
links: thence according to the true me-
ridian Uhe magnetic variation being 10
deg 80 minutes east along the exterior
boundary of said Rancho La Puente. as
surveyed and patented by the United
States. as follows: n 81 deg e ID chains 40
links to a willow b inches in diameter,
marked sta. Q; thence N III degrees E 10
chains; thence n IA deg % chains 10
station 4, to "a rock II inches long, Sinches
wide and inches thick; thence N 70 deg
| e 2i8 chains to sycamore "a inches in
| diameter, about one chain south OF the
| road leading TO san Bernardino anc
mark ed station 5; thence along the parti-
ton line described in said deed OF parIl-
| tion between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s deg w 40 chains to
| the northeast corner OF the ~ acre tract
along said tract N IS deg " 70 chains;
deg W 20 chains; and SO degrees 20
| chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows:
| 1893 chains, to stake in mound in ravine,
| from which stake the northern one OF
/ group of three sycamores on the southern
edge of a gully or wash, all Of about thir-
| ty Inches diam eter, bears s % deg w dis
| tant 404 links, and the southern one OF
| said group bears So deg w distant AIS
| links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
! over the san Jose Hills s ~ degrees e l06
chains and so links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
| liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to E s Beale and Robert Baker; thence
Beale and Baker tract. as fol-
lows: IS deg w Al chains 81 links to
stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of large hill; thence
ala nj ~ 1fsx1 to n
stake in mound of stone marked "P FitZ-
hugh and w Workman" close to small
arroyo; thence N 66A deg w 20 chains
and 80 links to big pile Of rocks on top,
of a bill, marked up F & W W. thence
stake marked "P + & w W." with mound
and pits, posted on summit OF high and
steep hill; thence s 500 deg w 40 chains
links nor to big pe Of TSc vs. and
the southern side "P F." thence
n ri "p" W W." on '' the
sum nit of high hill, with mound and
to stake marked "P F&W W." with pits
in a mound; thence N "A deg w 75chains
to stake marked up FitZhugh& w Work.
man, ~ on top OF o hill; thence $ s. deg w
AZ chains to point in said partition line;
lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station II,
at stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain
84% degrees w ll8 chains to stake in
mound; thence S deg W los chains 80
links to q stake in mound at the foot OF
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house OF William
Workman bears 8 59% deg w and s 60h
deg W; the chapel bears S 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears s deg Il,
and his house bears 1917 deg w; thence
8 22% deg w As chains 81 links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
Rowland; thence along said fence
8 % deg w chains so links to an offsetin
fnnca on the south hank OF an arrOYO: