Butterfield v. Central Pac. R.R. Co. of California

Citations

• 31 Cal. 264

Syllabus

<p>Certificate of Location of United States Military Land Warrant.—A certificate of the location of a United States military land warrant upon a quarter section of land, signed by the Register of the Land Office where the location was made, is prima facie evidence that the land is the property of the locator.</p> <p>Location of Military Land Warrant.—A location of a United States military land warrant on a quarter section of land gives the locator or his grantee an interest in the land, and is a payment for the same.</p> <p>Location of Land Warrant gives Right of Action against Trespasser.—A location of a military land warrant on public land, made before the passage of the Act of Congress, approved July 1st, 1862, granting to the Central Pacific Railroad Company alternate odd sections on each side of the road, gave the locator or his grantee such an interest in the land as, coupled with possession, enables him to maintain trespass against the company for injury done to the same in- constructing the road over the land.</p>