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Title: United States v. Workman Et Al.
Author : United States Supreme Court
Release Date : January 01, 1863
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
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APPEAL by the United States from a decree of the District Court for the Southern District of California, confirming a decision of the Board of Commissioners appointed by the act of March 3, 1851, for the settlement of private land claims in the State just named, by which decision an estate known as the ex-mission of San Gabriel was confirmed to Workman and Crosby, appellees in the case. The petition represented that 'on the 8th day of June, 1846, Pio Pico, then Governor of California, in the name of the Mexican nation, by virtue of authority in him vested by the laws of Mexico, the authority given him by the Department Assembly for the alienation of the missions, and the instructions and authority conferred upon him by the Supreme Government, as well as the laws and customs of the country, and also to pay debts of the government, sold and conveyed unto the said Workman and one Perfecto Hugo Reid the said ex-mission, with the appurtenances which at that time were considered as appertaining to the same, whether of lands, improvements, real estate, or cattle; that juridical possession was duly given to said Reid and Workman, and that they remained in peaceable possession until they were forcibly ejected by soldiers under command of officers of the government of the United States; that at the time of the grant, the said Reid and Workman were large creditors of the Mexican government, and that the sale of the mission to them was in all respects fair and for its full value, at that time honestly paid by them.' The appellant Crosby claimed by transfer from Reid. The alleged grant as translated was substantially in these words, and, as presented below, had written upon it an undated proclamation; all as here printed.