Gilson v. Robinson

Citations

• 2 Cal. Unrep. 486
• 7 P. 428
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 836

Syllabus

<p>State Lands.—A Certificate of Purchase Issued to One of Two Applicants for certain state lands is not conclusive (in a contest to determine the right of the applicants to acquire title from the state to such land) of the right of the holder of such certificate to purchase as against the other applicant, who is in adverse possession of the land; each party to such contest -must prove the right which he asserts and claims, and he has no enforceable claim in absence of proof of the facts upon which such right depends.</p> <p>' State Lands.—A Certificate for the Purchase of State Lands is Void if issued before the plat of survey of the township has been approved by the government officer or filed in the proper office.</p>