Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-12-05
sierra nsses Grant cesfirmea-simp-
sons Calm Rejected.

The United States court 81 private land
claims met thie morning at the federal
building ~ usual with chief Justice
Reed presiding. aud all the associate ju-.
tees present
Ia the Sierra Mr4ca W j. l., ortiz grant
case, wherein Luis NJ ortiz ri al claimed
81. 80 81 acres In santa frcnunty, Judge
Fuller handed down tn majority opln
Ion II the court confirming h. the claim
Ants eleven square lraguer u land, bat al,
the Amc tim" pfUnouncing the grant All
imperfect one.
Judge Murray vigorously dl~-rntci
from this oplnlon ctuIrnilng 4, That,
under the colunlZtlIuu laws at that time
the governor had no power 4" make
grants, that .. II the guNrtn"f had p,-
-r,-,'l the needed prNrr not - single IT,.
luitrmrnl wa- rumplirsi With ~ making
this grant aud .t that the signature ut
ArmIlo Wa n forgery and - hungllug
one at that
lu this case ma iflt, ~ the court lie.
r,dri that expert t"-tlm"n, aud that
Photographic cuplr- ii Ntuyu.- sigma.
turr We're competent
chief Justice Rpti Ai-n handed down
ali opinion ui the court rejecting the ufr.
Jar del l.lanu lie los AguaJrs giant IN
Laos county.
I'm, case WAS irciiri M accordance
Wi'h IT,. decision IL lhr Antonio Oaa,r-
grant ca~r Nhrfrin 1t va. held that H. VI
the Years lN2i tu lNlN uu u,iitrr III New
MsNico hai auihont, to make grants al
iaui, and the ut,J,, lie Llano lie lu~ Aqua
J,,- grant Wa- made IA lN1G. The Tor.
get, question va, not raised III the opin.
ru
GA motion ~ thr goNrtnmrnt several
irctr,.- confirming grant, h-fetntur" Ell
trt,d ~. Wrtr -, auriii,i Aui corrected
~ h. t,-.rf'r io the sp,rrumrut ia" MN
rrAls on such gfhut'
ktu uyER ukINt RtJt,Itn.
A. previously ANNOUNCED ~ lne-' col.
umut. lhr hItrd states court ~ private
lana "lAiut Yesterday hhul~i town au
upluiuu fry"cllng the gftut ~ rh-r ~
i'' Whrtru 'lafrurr l. Filler, IL ben
ser, Chains 1885 acIr- ~ la"- count,
under the titir ~ ,ahuu del Rio ,ulufalu
grant, ca the PROPERTY involved are '"tN
,aluahlr gold INNING claims along the
K,.i river Which have II late attracted
much attention from outside capitalists
aul from naming men grurrall! Through
out nutthrrn Sew Mrilcu AMI southern
,ol"rAio. lhc "pmuu ~ fan l. n.y.
I-ulsi
IS 40 ,orr' 90, Ir'.I,l.'>u'iNiH, .
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opinion 81 the court drll,rrrihy J,'-rpl
X. hr,d, T. j. November go, lN,",.
auI directed tu ANNOUNCE the Iuig
uIrnt ~ the court ~ the ra-r ~ lAtruc,
.. Elder ". The uiird states. W.. lrt
tut the confirmation 81 thr anon del itIu
tolutAiu grant.
The plaintiff claims under What hr al
'gr- h. l." all Avp"tIlunurui mate ~
~, hN u" constitutional alcair under II
grant md ~ lN.1.
The documentary evidence inttu'urrI
hHN- thai ~ Juur. 1895. the alcalIr pat
'ritAlu parties ~ lr'-- ~~lun NJ IA" land
tut II shows sl>u That ~ doing =" II Wa
l.-utn,d that the yu~"t lu nidNr "A grant
Sa- Vested ~ the prefecture. aud IL run
tAIu- uu frirfrnr" Ia the grant III lNl1
IL appear tu =" All Original Aui mt"
I"u.irut proceeding, ANA the llAIntlii >
lights must h, determined with rrirrruc,
tn that vtor-eilng hS IL l. shown.
The iucutn-ii;A introduced IN ~ilrnc,
show that IL" Alcalir, ~ pf"i"c.. place,
these pafil,- IN IS,--''s-iui ut the land
subsequently, Ia lNii The governor 81 IA,
territory advised that the PRAYER cnuld
not lr granted ty reason ~ the rr;pfI
made b, the Judge II Their jurisdiction
that III. grant cuunlcird with The night
II other parties. Following that IL Il
-tateun ut hy the prefecture, 81 rathrl
feIurt l., the prefecture, stating III,
fact that III" report ~ the Justice oi III
Itace lIAi h'-i nla'ir and that II WA
based solely upon the fact that the gran
u made would intrrtrf" With tie night
u others Who lived Ia the Nirlnity, IN,
following that II " communication from
the secretary e. the territory which states
that he II directed 10y the governor I.
say that the privilege II making thu
grant aid the pA'wrr Ia make II Is 'r-t",
III the department junta. hut that IA
consideration that III" action which haI
, been made might not -. without effect
he had ordered that the owners Or partlr'
placed IN pp.-"a-lon might hr !rruitte,
10 remain, aud that he would submit III,
report to the authurltier, ~ also the fac
that the governor hal denied the prr
mi -sion Ia make the grant
II does nul appear l.! any suhsrlurn
action that the case wa- ever -uhmltt,s
Ia the juntA, or II submitted, was rNr
acted un hy that biy. NJ that the caS'
80 far ~ III. rights VI the petitioner Ar
concerned, stands upon the action " tn
prefecture alcnr, aud II II therefor,
! simply grant by the prefecture, Fol
lowing our holdings In other ca',- Hher,
We held tia, they hal no authority u
make grants, the petition Will he dis
missed.
,SlgncdD JuskrH T. Rpfu,
Chief Justice.
Santa fe. New Mexico. November 81
1884
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