Hagar v. Lucas

Citations

• 29 Cal. 309

Syllabus

<p>Patent for Mexican Grant of Land.—A patent issued by the United States for land granted in California by Mexico or Spain, is not void because the grantee of Mexico or Spain had received grants for more than eleven square leagues before the grant on which the patent issued.</p> <p>Attack on Patent in Collateral Action.—Parties who do not set up title in themselves, derived from the United States, cannot, in a collateral action brought by the patentee, attack a patent for land issued by the United States in confirmation of a Mexican grant, on the ground that the grantee of Mexico had received grants of more than eleven leagues before the grant on which the patent was issued.</p> <p>Statement on Appeal.—If there is nothing in the statement showing that it is a statement on motion for a new trial, and the statement declares that the motion for a new trial was overruled, it will be regarded as a statement on appeal.</p>