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UNITED STATES V. ALVISO, 64 U. S. 318 (1859)

64 U. S. 318

U.S. Supreme Court

United States v. Alviso, 64 U.S. 23 How. 318 318 (1859)

United States v. Alviso

64 U.S. (23 How.) 318

Syllabus

Where proceedings for a grant of land in California were commenced by a Mexican in 1838, and continued from time to time, and the claimant has been in possession since 1840, and no suspicion of the truth of the claim exists, this Court will not disturb the decree in his favor made by the court below.

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