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

In the Circuit Court of the United States.
Ninth Circuit, In and Tor the District of
CAMlLO MARTIN, Complainant, VS..
TEMPLE, administrator
with the Will annexed OF the estate OF
WILLIAM WORKMAN. deceased, ct al,
In pursuance of O decree of said Circuit
Court, entered In the above entitled
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 and carry
out the sale OF the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
WEDNESDAY, the 10Th DAY
OF JULY, 1879,
At IL O'Clock NJ, 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, for
cash in gold coin of the United States, in
separate parcels, las hereinafter described
the following described property, OF so
much thereof as shall be necessary 10 pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruing costs, except the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being stu
ated In the county OF Los Angeles, State
ofCalifornia, 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
half of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen (l7) In township two ~, south
range thirteen (l3), west San Bernardino
base and meridian, containing so acres,
more or less.
Second-All 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
and following, Records of the County OF
Los Angeles, to which, and to the survey
of the United states Surveyor-General
and field notes therein contained. refer
ence is hereby made for a more particu-
lar description thereof, saving and ex-
so much thereof as is contained and de-
scribed in a certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to magenta Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1852; record
ed October Sd, 1862, in book 5, page ga,
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 be-
ing that portion conveyed to William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr.. by a
deed of partition dated June 23d, 1865, re-
corded June 25th, 1858, in book l0of deeds,
page 80, Records Of Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
portions thereof described and conveyed
In and by the following deeds: First-A
deed from William Workman to Marga-
ret Work imam de Temple, dated March
9Th, 1868, recorded March 9th ,..lS68, in book
OF deeds, page 1923. Second-A deed from
bourn, dated September 18th, 1870, and
recorded September 18th. 1870, in book Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrine Fitz-
hugh to e Il Beale and Robert y Baker,
da.ed April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
I'd, 1872, in book 90 of deeds, page 81.
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
18th, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth.A
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 10th, 1873, and recorded N o.
vember Goth, 1873, In book q of deeds,
page 1913. And sixth-A deed from Will
Railroad Company dated April 9Th, 1874,
and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book 20 OF
deeds, page 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tact after ex-
cepting the portions referred to in the
six deeds last aforementioned 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 in d.
am g ter bears N 721a degrees w distant 98l
links: thence according to the true me-
idian (the magnetic variation being la
deg 80 minutes east along the exterior
boundary of said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed ana patented by the United
states, as follows: \ 80 deg e ID chains 40
links to willow 6 inches In diameter,
marked sta. 2; thence N ll% degrees e 45
chains; thence N II deg + 60 chains TO
station 4, to q rock II inches long, inches
wide and Q inches thick; thence N rs deg
K 248 chains to q sycamore "a inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to San Bernardino and
marked station 5; thence along the parti-
ton line described In said deed Of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, Sr, s deg W 40 chains to
the northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said Frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract n IS deg W 20 chains; g
4 deg W 20 chains; and 8 SO degrees f. 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: = 4
deg W 80 chains so links 10 stake east
393 chains, to stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one OF a
group of three sycamOres on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all of about thir-
ty Inches diameter, bears s s. deg w dis
tant 404 links, and the southern one Of
said group bears s SO deg w distant AIS
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The San Jose Hills 8 % degrees Z l06
chains and 80 links to the northeast cor.
ner of the tact of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to E Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line Of said
Beale and Baker tract, as fol-
lows; s So deg W A. chains 81 links to a
stake marked P Fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of large hill; thence
s 33 deg w 10 chains and 80 links to q
stake in mound of stone marked p F1tz-
hugh and W Workman, close to q small
arroyo; thence N 66N deg w % chains
and SO links to big pile Of rocks on top
Of hill, marked q W "; thence s
stake marked r u & w w, with mound
and pits, posted on su mmit OF q nigh and
steep hill; thence S 500 deg W As chains
so links to big pile of rocks marked on
the northern SIDE " anu on me n south
to stake marked r Il & w w, on the
summit OF high hill, with mound and
pits; thence 8 IS deg " 45 chains IS links
to stake marked p w w, with pits
to stake marked Fitzhugh & w Work.
man, on top Of hill; thence 4 6j deg w
AZ chains to point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: N Is 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 N
SAX degrees W ll8 chains to stake in a
mound; thence s deg w l05 chains 80
links to stake in mound at the foot OF
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house OF William
Workman bears s sou deg W and s COZ
deg W; the chapel bears = 81 deg W; The
mill OF John Rowland bears s z deg X,
and his house bears s l01z deg W; thence
8 IN deg w 48 chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be-
tween the enclosures of Workman and
thence along said fence
8 % deg w s chains 50 links to an ofIsetin
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo;
thence N IS deg w % links 10 corner OF
fence; thence S 20 deg w 10 chains SO
links to the center of San Jose creek;
thence along the channel OF said creek N
5l% deg w chains; 81 deg w chains;
n 2chains so links; N Is deg W 2chains;
N 60 deg w chains: N rs deg W 2 chains
20 links: N IS deg W chain so links; N
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