Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-12-08
IMPORTANT LAND DECISIONS
Appeals in Diego de Vargas, I'll Taj0,
Felipe TafOya, San MateO Springs
and Nolan Land Grants Dis
missed by the Z. S. Su-
preme Court.
Combinations in the Ranches de Albu
querque and Lagunitas Land
Grants Sustained.

The Supreme court of the United States
has recently disposed of appeals in sew
eral important cases tried in the court of
private land claims. One of these was
the De Vargas grant case, in which the
appeal taken by the claimants was DIS
missed. This case involves tract OF
land south of this city, on both sides of
the middle road from Galsteo to Santa
Fe and stretching from the mountains in
the east to the neighborhood of the settle
ment of Cienega on tine west. The claim
as presented to the land court was for
case in 1898, the court rejected all OF the
grant lying west of the middle road above
mentioned and confirmed all of that por-
tion lying east of the road, the area con-
firmed containing about $4,000 acres
The claimants thereupon appealed and
the effect of the dismissal of their appeal
is that the grant will be surveyed with
the acreage last above mentioned. This
is case in which there is considerable
local interest both on account of the
nearness of the lands claimed to this oity
and because of the fact that many of the
claimants are leading citizens of Santa Fe.
Another grant claim in which the ap-
peal has been dismissed is the Ell Tajo,
in which suit for about $4,000 acres
just southeast Of Albuquerque was prose-
cuted by Mr.. Franz Huning. The claim
was rejected by the land court IN 1894,
and the result of the dismissal of this ap-
peal is to remove quite a cloud from the
titles of numerous settlers in that part of
the territory.
In the Felipe TafoYa grant which is
located in western Bernalillo county and
is claimed by Roman A. Baoa, the court of
private land claims in 1895 rendered
confirmation to the extent of about 1000
acres. Mr.. Bsca took an appeal as he
considered himself entitled to about 22,
600 acres; but the dismissal of his ap-
peal, which has been entered by the Su
preme court, results in his getting only
the amount given him by the land court.
Another case in which Mr.. Baoa is claim
ant and in which en- appeal taken by him
has been dismissed by the Supreme court
is the San Mateo spring claim, the prop
erty involved being situated in southern
Berneillo county. The land court gave
the claimant about 1000 acres instead of
l6C00 as claimed and by the dismissal of
the appeal the decision of the land court
has become final.
The Supreme court has also dismissed
the appeal taken in the famous Nolan
grant case. This is claim for over
100000 acres situated principally in Mora
county and for which William Pinkerton
and others were claimants. In 1894 the
land court rejected the claim and the
plaintiffs appealed. This final rejection
of the grant will do much toward quiet
ing titles in the vicinity in which the
grant was claimed.
The United States has dismissed it's ap-
peal in the case of Donaciano Gurule ct
al. vs.. The United States, in which the
Ranches de Albuquerque grant, confirmed
for about $4,000 acres, was involved, and
the case of Mariana s. Otero vs.. The
United States in which there was con
tirmation of what is known as the Noestra
Sonora de la Luz &c los Lagunitas grant,
situated in western Bernalillo county and
containing about $4,000 acres.
BY reason Of this final determination of
cases in which appeals have been taken
as we'll as on account of the confirmatio
recently made and yet to be made by the
land court, the surveyor generals office
will be kept very busy for the next two
or three years surveying private land
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