Bond v. Unknown Heirs of Barela

Syllabus

<p>The proceedings on which the grant involved in this case was issued are substantially the same as those in United States v. Sandoval, 167 TJ: S. 278.</p> <p>Whether the original grant made in 1739 by royal authority of Spain was in severalty or communal, whatever was unallotted passed into the public domain of the-United States upon the acquisition of the Territory.</p> <p>In this case held that the confirmation of a Spanish grant under the act of July 22,1854, on the application of a town claiming to be the owner, passed the title to that town unburdened with any trust for • heirs or grantees of persons named in the original petition and royal decree.</p>