Tombstone epitaph., 1891-09-06
CAMOU'S CLAIM. -
Copy of Complaint, in Which the Plaintiff
 states his Case,

Below VIII DC IOunu COpy oi V'V complaint which has been served upon each of the thirty-Odd settlers on the alleged grant. Each complaint is accompanied by map of the grant as surveyed by G. J. Roskruge last June:
 Plaintiff complains against defend ants and for cause of action alleges That plaintiff resides in Guay- mas, Sonora, Mexico, and that defend- ants reside in the County of Cochise, in the territory of Arizona.
 II.-That plaintiff is the owner in fee of all that certain piece or parcel of land granted by the Mexican au- thorities Rafael Elias, on the 25th day of December 1882. Said grant is known as, and called, the San Rafael del Valle Grant, and the land is situa- ted in the San Pedro valley in the County of Cochise, Territory of Arizo- ma. It lies between the range known as the HuaGhuca mountains and the range known as the Mule mountains It's southern line is about six miles north of the southern boundary of the Territory of Arizona; it's northerly boundary line is about ten miles south westerly from the City of Tombstone in the County of Cochise. and about three miles southerly from the old town of Charleston in said county.
 Said land is more particularly bounded and described as follows, according to the calls of the survey of said ranch or grant as made by the government of Mexico on or about the 2lst day of August, 1927;
 Taking as a center fixed point where there were some small hills, and taking the route to the south, there were measured and counted two hun dred Spanish cords 10 the line of the survey of the ranch of San Pedro, granted to Don Jesus Perez, the mon ument standing upon said survey line being then and there taken as the limit of the San Pedro grant on the north and the limit of the San Rafael del Valle grant on the south; return ing to the center. the route to the part of the north was taken, measuring and counting two hundred Spanish cords. which ended on the same valley where there is little calcarious or limy
 knoll or hill at which place a monu- nent was erected; returning to the center there were measured and coun-
 ted towords the east, fifty Spanish
 cords, which ended on the valley in front of the Mule mountains, at which place monument of stone was
 erected; returning iron said point to
 the center the measuring was contin- ued from said center on the west side,
 measuring and counting fifty Spanish cords which ended on the same valley . fronting the Huachuca mountains, where there was also erected @ monu- ment of stone. One hundred Spanish
 cords were measured on the one and the other extreme of the end of the l line running south and north, thus
 squaring up the ends and placing at l the ends of said north and south line } monuments of stone.
 III.-That the above named defend
 ants claim an estate or interest in or to said above described land and prem ises adverse to the plaintiff; that the
 said claim of the said defendants i- without any right whatsoever, and the said defendants nor either of them
 have not any es'Hte, riGht. title or in
 terest whatever in said lands and !. premises or any part thereof. The lands and premises lying within the
 boundaries of said grant in and to I which defendants claim an estate ol
 interest adverse to plaintiff are more
 particularly bounded and described by the plat and description hereto annex Q ed marked exhibit A. which is hereby t made part of this complaint.
 Wherefore, plaintiff prays:
 That the said defendants be re- 1uired to set forth the nature of theil r. claim and that all adverse claims O !. the defendants may be determined by d decree of this court.
 ,'I II.-That by said decree it be de- Y clared and adjudged that the defend
 ants nor either of them have any es- d tate or interest whatever in or to saic 8 land and premises or m or to any par s thereof; and that the title of plaintiff 7, is good and valid.
 III.-That the defendants be forever !. enjoined and debarred from asserting d any claim whatever in or to said lant e or premises, or to any part thereof
 adverse to plaintiff; and for such am
 further relief as thi' Honorable Gonr o shall seem meet and agreeable t' ! equity and for costs and disbursement
 of this action.