Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-10-11
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

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In the Circuit Court of the United states.
Ninth Circuit, in and Tor the Distrlct oil
CAMiLO MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
| WILLIAM TEMPLE, administrator
with the will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased et AL,
| Defendants. o..
In pursuance OF decree of said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entisi LEY
| cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby /, the undersigned, Master IN
Oh ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct anu carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the Goth DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 1879,
At O'Clock p. NJ. of that day, at the door
| of the Court House, in the city OF Los
Angeles, in the county. Of Los Ange-
| les, in said district, / shall sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, Tor
cash in gold coin of the United states, in
| separate parcels,a hereinafter described
| the following described properly, OF SO
| much thereof as shall be necessary 10 pay
| com plainant the amount due under SAD
decree, with Interest and costs and &C
| cruing costs, except the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned ana
I
| ated in the county of Los Angeles, state
| of California, district Aforesaid, and par
| ticularly bounded and described as FOL
| lews, TO wit:
First-All that piece OF land situated in
| the county OF LOS Angeles known and
| described in the public surveys of the
| United states of America as the south
| hall of The southwest quarter OF section
seventeen 10 in township two (2), south
| range thirteen (l3), west san Bernardlno
| base and meridian, containing 50 acres,
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 10. 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-Ieneral
and field notes therein contained, refer
ence is hereby made for more particu-
| lar description thereof, saving and eX-
cepting from the operation OF said decree
so much thereof as is contained and de-
scribed in a certain deed made by Will
| liam Workman to Margerita Workman
| de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862 record
| ed october 3D., 1862, in book s, page ga,
| Records of Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract OF land situated
portion of the "Rancho La Puente" and
| beng that portion conveyed TO William
| Workman by John Rowland. ST., by a
deed of partition dated June sd, 1868, re-
corded June 25lh, 1865, in book 10 of deeds,
page 80, Records of Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting thererrom all those
portions thereof described and conveyed
| In and by the following deeds: kirst-A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Work man de Temple, dated March
| 5th, 1905, recorded March 9TH ,.lS6S, in book
oil deeds, page 323. s5econd-A deed from
| William Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 10th, 1870, and
recorded Septem Der 18th. 1870, in book Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrlne Fltz-
hugh to K Il Beale and Robert = Baker,
dated April list, 1872, and recorded April
! I'd, 1872, in book 20 Of deeds. page 81.
| FourIh-A deed from William Work man
| to Joseph w Work man, dated October
| ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
| in book "A OF deeds, page 20. Fifth-A
| deed from William Workman to the
southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2Oth, 1873, and recorded No
| vember goth, 1873, in book ~ OF deeds,
| page l2S. And sixth--A deed from Will
liam Workman to the southern racitic
Railroad Company dated April Sth, 1871,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book % OF
deeds, page 81, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said Il act-after ex-
ceptng the portions referred to in the
six deeds last aforementioned is 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 willow tree inches i'll d.
ameter bears N 721a degrees W distant 9Sl
| links; thence according TO the true me-
ridian Qhe magnetic variation being IL
deg 80 minutes east along the exterior
| boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states. as follows: 81 deg b IL chains 40
| links to a willow Inches in diameter,
| u ~. . Il
chains; thence N IL deg l. 90 chains to
station 4, to rock Il inches long, inches
| wide and q inches thick; thence N 70 deg
| tG 24S chains to sycamore "a inches IN
| diameter, about one chain south OF the
road leading to san Bernardlno and
| marked station 5; thence along the p0rti-
ton line described in said deed Of parti-
| ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, ) deg w 40 chains to
| The northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said Il frederick Lam bourn; thence
along said tract N Sd deg " 70 chains; ;
| deg w 20 chains; and $ st degrees IL 70
| chains back TO said partition line; thence
| along said partition line as follows: . 4
deg W 80 chains 50 links TO a stake east
| 1893 chains, TO stake in mound in ravine,
| from which stake the northern one OF a
| group of three sycamores on the southern
| edge OF a gully or wash, all of about thir-
| ty inches diam eter, bears s 81 deg w dis
| tant 40i LINKS, and the southern one OF
| said gIoup bears So deg w distant Ais
1
being visible from the said stake; thence
| over The san Jose Hills s % degrees Il l0o
chains and so links to the northeast cor
| ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
| liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
| to Il s Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
| along the northern boundary line of SAID
| Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
| lows: So deg w AZ chains 81 links to a
stake marked p titzhugh and William
| Work on top of large hill; thence
| S 80 deg w 40 chains and so links to a
stake in mound OF stone marked "P F1tz-
| hugh and w Workman" close to small
| arroyo; thence n 66A deg w % chains
of a hill, marked Up i & W W." thence S
| S79l deg w Is chains and 50 links, TO q
stake marked up q w W." with mound
and pits, posted on ummit OF nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 500 deg w 45 chains
80 links to a big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side "W VIZ and on
the southern side up F;'' thence
a 81 deg W p eh e We TO on stake tke
summit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence 60 deg W 40 chains IS links
to stake marked up F&W W." with pits
in a mound; thence n u des w IS chains
to stake marked up Fitzhugh&W Work.
man, on top OF hill; thence = 65 deg w
AZ chains to a point in said partition line;
| thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station IL,
at stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the plain N
S4& degrees w ll8 chains to a stake in a
mound; thence S deg w l05 chains 80
links to a stake in mound at the foot OF
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house OF William
| Workman bears = 500 deg W and $ 60M
deg W; the chapel bears = 81 deg W; the
mill OF John Rowland bears $ deg H.,
and his house bears = 1917 deg w; thence
| s ~ deg w 4S chains 81 links to The
northern end of the division fence be
tween the enclosures OF Workman and
| Rowland; thence along said fence
| = % deg w s chains so links to an offseti in
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;