Figg v. Handley
Citations
- 52 Cal. 244
Syllabus
<p>Sixteenth Sections of Public Land.—Prima facie, the sixteenth sections of the public lands belong to the State, by virtue of the grant made by Congress, and the person holding the State’s certificate of purchase is entitled to recover in ejectment, unless the defendant shows that the land was excepted from the grant.</p> <p>Estoppel.—One who has a certificate of purchase from the State for a sixteenth section is not estopped from claiming that the State owned the land, as against one who is a mere trespasser, and has no privity with the title of the United States, by the fact that the State had, before issuing the certificate, .selected other land in its place, and sold the same, and the purchaser had received therefor a patent from the United States.</p>
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- reversing defendant’s conviction when he confessed to a crime as part of a later-rejected plea agreement because “a confession induced by the slightest hope of benefit or remotest fear of injury may not be used against a defendant”
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