Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-06
LEGAL.
MASTERS SALE.

mAoIEh , DALE.
In the Circuit Court OF the United States.
Ninth Circuit, in and ior the District of
GAMiLo MARTIN. Complainant, VS..
with the Will annexed of the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased. ct al,
Defendants.
In pursuance of a decree OF said Circuit
Court, entered in the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby l, 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
MONDAY, the TWELFTH DAY
OF MAY. 1879,
At the door of the Court House, In the
city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los
Angeles, in saiu district, l shall sell at
puulic auction, TO the highest bidder, for
Dash in gold coin OF the U nited states, in
separate parcels,a, heieiuaf.er described
the following described property, or SO
much thereof as shall be ecessary TO pay
complainant the amount due u nder saii
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cIuiLg costs, y cept The portions Thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being STU
ated In the county OF Los Angeles, state
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
t,cularly bounded and described as fol
lews, To wit:
Eirst-All that piece OF land situated in
the county OF Os Angeles known ana
described in the public surveys OF The
United states of America as the south
hall of The south quarter OF section
seven teen (l7) In township two (2l, south
range thirteen ll5), west san BernardIno
base and meridian, containing 81 acres.
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract OF land situated
in the county of Los Angeles knows u
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
and described in the patent for the sam,
issued by the United states Governm-ni
10 Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July 10, 1899
recorded in Book l OF Patents, ON page /
and following. necords OF the County OF
Los Angeles, to which, and to the su veA
vf the United states surveyor Gene raj
and field notes therein contai u cd, refer
ence is hereby made for more particu-
lar description thereof, saving and ex
ceptins fiOm the operation Of said decree
SO much thereof as is contained and de
sciibed In certain deed made by VIII
liam Workman to Margerlta Workman
ue Temple dated October I'd, 1852; recorl
ed october Sd, 1852, in book 8, page 634,
Records OF Los Angeles c. unity.
Thifd-All that tract Of Ind situated
in the county of Los Angses. being IA
portion Of the Rancho La fuente and be-
ing that portion conveyed TO William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr, by a
deed uf Partition dated June 23d, 1865, re-
corded June 25ih, 1855, in book Ool deeds
page 80, hecO, ds of Los Angeles county
saving ana excepting therefrOm all those
portions thereof described and conveyed
IN and by the following deeds: tlrst-A
iced from William Workman to Marga.
ret Work man de Temple, dated March
5, h, 1868 rec rded March 9th ,.io68, in book
0. decd. page 1913. oecond-A deed from
William Workman to Freder ok Lam
bourn, dated Seplem Der 10th, 1870, anu
recorded september 18th. 1870, in book is
OF deeds, page 450. Third-A deed from
William Workman and teregrine Fitz-
uugh to h l. Beale and RoberI y Baker,
I'd, 1872, In book 20 OF deeds. page g..
Fou Lh-A deed from William Workman
TO Joseph w Work man. dated October
ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873
deed from William Workman to the
southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 2Utu, 1873, and recorded No
vember 20tn, 1873, in book ~ OF deeds,
page I2S. And sixth-A deed from Will
liam " orkman to the southern racific
railroad Company dated April 9th, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, IN book 20 oI
deeds. page 3i7, al in Records of Los An
geles county, which SAID tact after eA-
cepting the portions referred to in the
ed and described AS follows: Beginning
at point in the centre of the old bed uI
the river San Gabriel on the south side
of the road from Los Angeles to san Ber
nardino, in all irregular mound of rock
from which a willow tree Z inches in d.
ameter bears 721s degrees w distant SO
links: thence Accord ~ TO the tue me-
iilian the magnetic val iation being IL
deg 30 minutes east) along the exterior
boundary OF said ttancho La Puente, a.
surveye ed and patented by the United
states, as follows: n 32deg T.. l3 cha ms 40
LINKS to q willow inches in diameter,
mar ed Sia. z; thence N llL degrees h IS
chains; theuee n Ia deg T. SO CHAINS 10
station ), to u rock II inches long, Sinches
widr and 8inches thick; thence N 70 deg
=, 248 chains to sycamore "a inches IN
diameter, about one cnain south Of he
road leading TO san bernardino anG
marx ed station 8; thence along he parti-
lion line described in SAID deed OF part-
ton betW cen William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, Deg " 40 chains tu
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre traci
of said frederick Lambourn; theme.
along said tract N 30 deg w 10 chains; :
4 deg W 20 chains; and s SO degrees n 20
chains bacK TO said partition line thence
along said partition line as iOllows: =
deg w 38 chains 81 ii nks 10 a sLake eas
1893 CHAINS to d stake in mound 4 Il ravine,
from which stake the northern one OF a
group oil three sycamoi es on the southern
eds Q of a guI y or wash, all of a about thir-
ty inches diameter, bears $ 4, deg w dis
tant 40i LINKS, and the southein n one OF
said group bears s SO deg w distant AS
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over he san Jose Hills ~ degrees Il 1906
chains and 81 LINKS to the northeast cor
ner Of the tiact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Filzhugh
to Beaie and Robert $ Baker; thence
alopg the northern boundary line of s.. d
Beale and Baker tract, as fo-
lows; s 88 deg w Al chains " links to II
stake marked P titzhugh and William
Work man, on top of large hill; thenct
s 80 deg W 20 chains and SO links TO IA
stake IN mound OF stone marked z FitZ
hugh and W Workman, close to q small
arroyo; thence N 66A deg w 2S chains
and S 81 links arbsd tg piE pe q W 59cks fssac
S7N deg w Is chains and 80 links, 10 a
stake marked L + & W w, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit OF "A nigh ana
steep hill; thence S 59h deg w As chains
So links to big pile OF rocks marked on
ern Side +; thence y 81 deg w 70 chains
to a stake marked z d W w, on the
ummit OF u high hill, with mound and
otis; hence s IS deg W 45 chains Y1 links
In a mound; thence N "a dee w 75chai,' :
to stake marked p Fitzhugh & W Work.
man, oD top of a hill; thence = @, deg "
AZ chains 10 a point in said partition line;
Thence alOnB sdlu parltlOD line as FOL
lows: N % deg w 20 chains to station IL,
A. a stump of i've prongs of an elder tree
in the center OF an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus paI ches; thence over the plain \
s4M degrees W ll8 chains to stake in a
mound; thence s 4 deg w l05 chains 81
links to o stake in mound at the foot ol
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house OF william
Work man bears = 591S deg W and 5 co..
deg W; the chapel bears ) 81 deg w; the
mill of ] hn Rowland bears X deg h,
ami his house bears y 1917 deg W; thence
) 221S deg w 48 chains by links to the |
northern end of the division fence be |
Lween the enclosures OF Workman and |
thence along said fence |
: az deg W chains 50 links to an Offset In |
ence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N 68 deg w ~ links TO corner oi |
Ience; thence S % deg w 10 CHAINS 81 |
Inks to the center of san Jose creek; |
thence along the channel OF said creek \ /
II " Dig w 7 chains; S 81 deg W 2 cbains:
Y 40,S deg w 2 chains 90 links; N 63 deg
W 2 chains so links; IL deg w 2chains;
gu deg w 2 chains: N 70 deg w 2 chains
% links: N 35 deg w chain so links; N
IN deg w 0 chains Is links to station 80
whence The southeast corner of Work. |