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BOTILLER V. DOMINGUEZ, 130 U. S. 238 (1889)
130 U. S. 238U.S. Supreme Court
Botiller v. Dominguez, 130 U.S. 238 (1889)
Botiller v. Dominguez
No. 1370
Submitted January 7, 1889
Decided April 1, 1889
130 U.S. 238
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Syllabus
If an act of Congress is in conflict with a treaty of the United States with a foreign power, this Court is bound to follow the statutory enactments of its own government.
No title to land in California dependent upon Spanish or Mexican grants can be of any validity which has not been submitted to, and confirmed by, the board provided for that purpose under the Act of March 3, 1851, 9 Stat. 631, or, if rejected by that board, confirmed by the district court or by the Supreme Court of the United States.