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

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idity of thu Canon grant in which the
title 20 a vast tract OF the most valuable
land ia COchise county is 10 be deter
mined, will be watched with interest.
Below will be found copy Of the
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. }. Roskruge last
June
Plaintiff complains against defend
ants and for cause Of action alleges !:
THAT plaintiff resides in Quay
mas, Sonora, Mexico, and that defend
ants reside in the County of Cochise,
in the territory OF Arizona.
u.-That plaintiff is the owner in
fee of sill that certain piece or parcel
Of land granted by the Mexican au-
thorities Rafael Elias, on the 25th day
of December 1852. Said grant il
known as, and called, the San Rafael
del Vale Grant, and the land is si,ua-
ted in the San Pedro valley in the
County of Cochise, Territory OF Arizo-
ma. II lies between the range known
as the HuaChuca mountains and the
range known as the Mule mountains
Its southern line is about six miles
north Of the southern boundary of the
Territory of Arizona; its 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 Is made by the
government If Mexico on or about the
2lst day Of August, 1927;
Taking as a center a fixed point
where there were some small hills, and
taking the route TO the south, there
were measured and counted two hun
bred Spanish cords 10 the line Of the
survey of the ranch of San Pedro,
granted 70 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 Vale grant on the south; return
ing 10 the center. the route TO the part
OF the north was taken, measuring and
counting two hundred Spanish corGs.
which ended on the same valley where
there is a little calcariOus or limy
knoll or hill at Sbich place a monu-
nent was erected; returning 10 the
center there were measured and cOun-
ted towoTds the east, fifty Spanish
cords, which ended on the valley IN
front OF the Mule mountains, at which
place a monument of stone Was
erected returning from said point 10
the center the measuring was contin-
ned 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
line running south and north, thus
squaring up the ends and placing At
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 % the piaiEti that the
said claim Of The said defendants is
without any right whatsoever, and the
said defendants nor either Of them
have not aiy estate, r'-ii'. title or in
terest whatever in said lands aad
premises or any part thereof. The
lands and premises lying within the
boundaries Of said grant in and TO
which defendants claim an estate or
interest adverse 70 plaintiff are more
particularly bounded and described by
the plat and description hereto annex
ed marked exhibit A which is hereby
made part Of this complaint.
Wherefore, plaintiff prsys:
That the said defendants be re-
,,, rs-i 70 set forth the nature of their
,I.;ro and that all adverse claims OF
he def, odsnts may be determined by
4 decree % this court.
U-ThAt By said decree it be de-
Jared and ad, judged that the defend
-. nor either ~ them have any es-