Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-05-15
CANADA DE COCHITI CASE.
Exact status OF Appeal to Supreme
court Involving Titles in Coehiti
Mining District OtherTypicaI
Cases Appealed.

The solicitor general of the unitef
States mas made motion to advance or
the docket of the United States supreme
court the following appeals from decrees
OF the United States court of private land
claims:
NO olo.mJoel P. Whitney ct al, appel
iants, vs.. The United States ct al.
NO. 50l.--The United States. annsllant
VS.. Julian Sandoval ct al
No. 4S9.-Rio Arriba Land g. Cstt,a
Company, appellants, VS.. The United
States. "i''o
NO. So Eloisa l.. Bergere ct al. an
peliants, vs. The United States.
NO. 65S.-The United States, cross. an.
pellant, vs.. Eloisa L. Bergere ct al.
NO, fo9.-J. B. Cessna ct al, appellants.
VS.. The United States ct al.
NO. iT.-Martin B. Hayes, apnellant
vs. The United States
NO. 492.-William Pinkertop eft al an.
pellants, vs. The United States.
NO. 46S.-Santiago Ainsa, administra.
Tor, ct al, appellants, VS.. The United
States. .s ''0o
No. 475.-Juan Pedro Camou. appellant
VS.. The United States.
No. 480.-Robert Perrin. annellont nc
The United States ct al.
ihese cases have been selected by the
soiicltor general for the earliest possible
action on the part of the supreme court
because they are fair types of the various
cases decided and yet to be tried and de-
cided by the court Of private land claims. |
because they involve nearly every oues.
tlon at Issue between the United States |
ana all the different grant claimants, and |
thelr hnal adjudication by the court of |
last resort will settle all such disputes
ana remove the necessity for appeals by
either side of large number of cases,
AS announced in the NEW MEXICAN on
Monday, the motion to advance these
cases will be presented to the supreme
court on Monday, May 25, and no doubt
Is entertained that the motion will be
granted and that the cases will be ARMED
on their merits at the regular term Of the
supreme court in October. Mr., Matt q
Reynolds, United States attorney for the
court OF private land claims, who ahlv
conducted the several trials for the GOV.
ernment IN the latter court, has already
prepared and filed briefs in all these I
cases and Will personally assist the !
solicitor general In presenting them to
the supreme court.
Ihe first on the list of these important 4
and typical cases is the appeal of Joel p. v
Whitney and others from the decree of
he court of private land claims in the |.
natter of the Canada de Cochiti grant o
md involves the vitaly important ones. it
ion of definite and final titles in the ricb az
'ochltl mining district, about thirty miles
n direct line southwest of Santa Fa.
In this case the claimants contended M
hat the boundaries Of their alleged grant Sc
xtended far enough north, east and west B
rom the Cochitl Indian lands to embrace
he towns of Alerton and Bland and a.
very mine in the Cochiti district eycent
he Crown Point, or total of about 1O4 ca
oo acres. Attorney Reynolds, on the or
ontrary. stortly and effectively contend
that the north boundary of the grant r
as the ruined pneblo of yochiti in tho ar
ochltl canon, near Allerton, and that the to
est boundary was formed by line run
ing north and south through the same -
ONT, and hence did not cover either of o'
10 townsltes mentioned or any paft of IN
10 Cochlti mining district. TN
Inc contention of Mr.. Reynolds. snn. NJ,
orted by strong evidence as to the nnra ~.
aestlons of fact involved, was sustained a.
7. the unanimous decree of the cour. of
'lvate land claims, which was delivered to
au1ge Sluss on September 27, 1894 Sa
MS decree confirmed to the claimants n
aet OF land bounded on the south by the -
'rtn boundary OF land belonging to the TO
'ohltl Indians; on the east by the Rio the
rande river; on the NORTH by a line run.
ng east and west through the old
leblo northeast of Allerton: and on tha on
'st by line running north and sonth out
rough the same point; altogether about is
'Oo instead of about 100000 acres. NO.
Appended is short statement of tho
nada de Cochiti case extracted fron, Tor
brief Mr.. Reynolds has filed in ~ it c
preme court: Il
within the outboundaries are situated nos
arge number of very valuable mines.
'eltly developed, in what is known as Der
'Ooch1tl mining DISTRICT in New Mex Gee
!. me development of the mines in of t
district has been and is very much row
arded by the cloud which this claim
ts over the title for
~ M IL alleged that this grant was made
lfzo upon petition of one Antonio sick
zero IN which he asked for piece of vast
at the mesa of Cochiti, to where the
ians who rebelled retreated to plant ness
reon; the said piece of land will con. imp
ABOUT 10 fanegas of wheat and 2 of non,
(about 80 acres), and to pasture his sotie
ep and horses se'is
Ia 1885 the heirs and deso.a follc
ero were interrupted in their posses. II
oy Antonio Gallegos, under author. Jess
of Governor ANA, who was author.
to occupy portion of this grant 70 e'A
'ure the cavalry horses of the oarri. re
and they applied to Antonio de Ar. Arnd
ia, chief alcalde and war captain of Alec
|. to adiudicate tha u"3, r;aS,, VINO p under toget
70 the same, and that he declared used
descendants to be the lawful owners place
entitled to the exclusive possession coln
70 property.
MS involves the jurisdiction of al.
% to act in controversies 40 as tn IA,
Wy panisn government, or its Of Tranl
49, ~ ".s ~ navihR previous author line b
- 49, o sovernor ehereof. 1t really City,
ish government cn,n :
nd rrea. a. s''.e papers are mutilat- trict;
aatp poouoa =; tu" rom tne hands of the sures
NJ 49,. 49, :n'o W: Ioholtion, but they also either
r;o;naI 40. 20 oa,ied certlhed copy of Santa
anstaain uo oy an aicalde who was call OIL
custodian of the archives, and who
ot the legal custodian of the doom
which he certifes. o' ano
also covers the question as to
.el y. or no' an alcaide can vary from
stltlon and grant made thereon nv
Mr..