Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-08-15
THE U. 5. LAND COURT.
Opening of This Tribunal To'day-A
List Of the New Gases Re-
Gently Filed.

The court OF private land claims opened
its session in Santa Fe at the U. S. court
room, in the federal building, at 10 O'Clock
to-day. There were present Chief Justice
Reed, OF Iowa, presiding; Associate
Justices Murray, OF Tennessee; Fuller,
of North Carolina, and Sluss of Kansas.
Justice Stone, OF Colorado, is absent on
summer vacation, travelling in Europe
for his health, There were also present
U. s. Attorney M. G. Reynolds, Chief
Clerk j. II, Reeder, Deputy Clerk Ireneo
Chaves, Stenographer Parker, Interpreter
Chacon, Deputy U. S. Marshal s. Ro-
Nero and liberal attendance of attor-
neys.
In obedience to written instructions
from the department of justice, U. S. At
torney Reynolds presented petition on
behalf of the United States to quiet title
to the Nogales claim in Pima county, A.
r., said petition setting forth in detail
the reasons for declaring such grant, al
legged to have been made by the state OF
Sonora, void. Mr.. Geo. Hill Howard, attor.
ney for the claimants, most OF whom reside
in Mexico, stated he would soon be pre-
pared to file petition representing claim
ants side of the case.
1t was announced that on Wednesday
the demurrers filed by the United States
attorney in cases Nos. 2, 10 and Is would
be argued by Mr.. Reynolds for the gov
eminent and Messrs. Catron and Clancy
for the claimants.
Chief Justice Reed announced that on
Wednesday also the docket would be
called and the cases thereon set down for
hearing.
The hour OF 2 O'Clock this afternoon was
| fixed for arguing motion for rehearing
in the Algodones, Arizona, grant case and
the court took recess till that hour.
Thus far there have been twenty nine
cases filed for hearing by the court. Fol-
lowing is a list of the new cases filed dur
ing the recent vacation:
No. 11-Alameda grant area, LOG, ga. 81
acres, Bernalillo county; Alejandro San
doval ct al, claimants; G. II. Howard,
attorney.
: No. l2-Jose Duran grant; 425 IS acres
: Santa Fe county Mrs. Kate Irvine, claim.
. mant; E. B. Seward, attorney.
No. l3-Socorro grant area, four square
leagues; Socorro county, city of Socorrc
9 claimants Catron, Coons and Hamilton
, attorneys.
s No. 14-Francisco Monies Vigil grant
? area, 81, 1897 acres; Taos county inhabit
=, ants of Grant, claimants; f. L. Bartlett
attorney.
SoI;l1a
n SO, 079,7S; Valencia county, l.. Huninl
= claimant; f. W. Clancy and J. Franl
Chavez, attorneys.
No. 1G-Gijosa grant, area undeter
mined; Taos county; Felix Romer'
claimant, F. W. Clancy, attorney.
No. l7-Puebo de Santa Clara grant
area 10000 acres Rio Arriba county
village Indians of Santa Clara claimants
D. II. Smith, attorney.
No. 1S-Matias DomingueZ Pachec
Domlnguez grant; area, 500 acres; SAINT
Fe county, NJ. Domingnez claimant; 7
L. Wander Veer, attorney.
No. 49, Villa de Santa Fe grant; area
four square leagues; Santa Fe county
city of Santa Fe claimant; E. L. Bartlett
and D. H. Smith, attorneys.
No. 20-Nerio Antonio Montoyo grant
3,546. O6 acres Valencia county, ]. Fran
Chaves claimant; f. W. Clancy, attor
ney
No. 21-Cris.obal de la serna grant
, area, 30,0 900 acres; Taos county, Juan d
Dios Romero, claimant; N. B. Laughlir
! attorney.
No. 22-The San Marcos pueblo ares
l,S9062 acres; Santa Fe county. |
Spiegelberg, claimant; Francis Down'
e attorney.
No. 23-The Santa TERRA de Jesus an
the Bosque Grande grant; area of latte
3,25309 acres, the former unsurveyed
Eocorro county, G. n Cotton, claimant
B. S. Rodey, attorney.
No. 24-Dona Ana Bend Colony gram
90 area about l6,640 acres; Dona Ana coul
= ty; Numa Raymond, claimant; S.
Newcomb, attorney.
10 No. 25--San Miguel del Bado gran
o area, 81, 300. so acres San Miguel county
IS Julian Sandoval, claimant; J. D. v
d Veeder, attorney.
No. 26-Santisima Trinidad or Ranct
de Galvan; area, 10000 acres Bernalil
u county Leandro Sandoval ct al. are CLAIM
ants as against the U. S., G. H. Glide
sleeve, Pedro Perea and M. S. Otero {
" II. Howard, Jeffries & Earle, attorney
n No. 27-San Antonito grant; area, 81 on
2 acres; Bernalillo county, Manuel Gre
}. pin, ct al, claimants; G. Fl. Howar
n attorney.
, No. 2S-Nuestra Sonora del Rosar
r San Fernando Y Santiago grant; are
Il undetermined Rio Arriba county, Ped
= Gallegos claimant; G.. Martinez and
!. B. Laughln, attorneys.