Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-10-06
PULLTEXT!
The Decision In the COChit
Land Cases.
Historic | Facts Brought For' h
In the Resume.
The Able JUDGES cave the N,ners .
BIZ Victory.
IMPORTANT READING.
IMPORTA>T READING.

c"urt ~ private land claims In the case II
Jo~l y whitney ri NJ Va. the Uniie,i
States, Involving the Canada de Cochiti
grant:
The question chiefly pressed upon our
Attenth'n IA this care 10 an "a the true
location 81 the north aud wsst boundaries
ot the land claimed
The plaintiff. s.i up . grant alleged IA
have been made by tsmAn,e, r. YER.
nor u the province u New Mexico, Au.
gust ., I72s
The original grant document consists
IL the p-t,tion Tor the gran, by Antonio
Lucero ami an endorsement thereon. al
legged Ia b- by the authority 81 the gov
-rnr. granting ID. In Il prayed for.
The document ~
vsRv BADLY INITIATED,
90 much % that the signature ~ the gov.
ernor. u It ever appeared upon ,h. docu-
ment, 10 gone
The trait Of land for which Lue.ro
asked n grant is described In this mutt.
lated original petition as follows;
i" Gel of land al
the mes. IL Crhti To where the Indians
who r~bell-i I-trest~,i, Ia plant thereon.
ami the said In-ce II land will con ain
about ten f.nrgse of wheat and two II
corn, and tu pasture my sheep and horse
h-ri ,sni the ssst IL nj 10 bounded on the
north 10y the old pueblo of C,'ch'ti aud on
the east by the Del Enrie river, aud on
the south 10y III. nstivss " said pueblo
the west With of
J.rnrE
The qu-s ion a. Ia the northern boun-
Diary ARISES truin th. fact IL the existence
of
TWO OLD iSDiAs PrRsLoS
IN the vicinity. Or. IL these pueblos 10
situAte'i ou what H. known a. the mesa ~
CUsliii. at which the tract of land asked
for was d-scrib,-i as ! Gated one 10 aud
situated about seven mil.s northeast of
the me=a m-n,inn-d. The PLAINTIFF claim
the northern pueblo as indicating tue
north line, and the government claims
the southern one a. indicating the line
An uncertainty arises As D the west
bnuniAry from the description Of Il in
the origiual petition for the grant, which
10 ''th- west with - = u Jeunez." The
plaintiffs claim tina ihis means the top III
the train range u the J-mez mountains,
which arr several miles west of the mesa
If C,Ghiti
There has been introduced In evidence
a d,s,uu.-nt from which Il spposrs that ON
D-c-,nl~r 30, 1877, the chief alcalds III the
iur,-dicti,,u Of Cocbiti undertook u rc
,,,r. The ol,i muuiatSsi gran, documrnts
to- their original condition.. with the xoy-
.rnnr's name attached and describing the
west boundary of the tract A the Jemrx
mountains
We are 1t the opinion that this proceed
ing II the Alcald- was wholly v.dd. II ID
c"n,-nd-d that the slcalie was judge
having jdr,s'tic'iou similar To that exer.
cis~d by courts ~ chsucery anil had
authority ~ entertain . proceeding to
restore th-s- munim.ntr II title. We arc
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YAILs or CONVINCING Soscs.
In view Of all the evidence We can OIL,
be csrtL IN that the wess boundary was u
located ~ 10 include the particular pArce
81 land speeid d by Lucsro In his pet,
tion a. located al the mcsA OF Cochisi