Case Name: UNITED STATES v. ALVISU
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1856-12
Citations: 24 F. Cas. 779
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. ALVISU.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 24
Pages: 779–779

Head Matter:
Case No. 14,436.
UNITED STATES v. ALVISU.
[Hoff. Land Cas. 176.]
District Court, N. D. California.
Dec. Term, 1856.
Mexican Land Grant — Validity.
No objection to the validity of the claim. [Cited in Re Lady Bryan Min. Co., Case No. 7.978.]
Claim [by Manuel Alvisu] for three leagues of land in Santa Clara county [the Rancho Quito], confirmed by the board, and appealed by the United States.
William Blanding, U. S. Atty.
Thornton & Williams, for appellee.
[Reported by Numa Hubert, Esq., and here reprinted by permission.]

Opinion:
BY THE COURT.
The claim in this case was confirmed by the board. It has been submitted to this court without argument or the statement on the part of the appellants of any reasons for reversing their decree. No doubt seems to have been entertained by the commissioners as to the authenticity of the grant. The original is produced, and the expediente is found in the archives. The land was occupied and cultivated by the original grantees, and has continued in their possession and that of persons claiming under them until the present day. Its boundaries are well known, and described with considerable precision in the grant and accompanying map. We see no reason for reversing the decision of the board. The claim must therefore" be confirmed.