Jacobs v. Walker

Citations

• 76 Cal. 175
• 18 P. 129
• 1888 Cal. LEXIS 851

Syllabus

<p>School Lands—Certificate of Purchase—Contest after Issuance of. — A certificate of purchase of school land issued by the register of the state land-office is not conclusive of the right of purchase as against a subsequent applicant; and the latter, even after the certificate has issued, may institute a contest to determine the right of purchase.</p> <p>Id. —Pleadings—Grounds of Protest. —The complaint in the action to determine such contest need not allege the grounds of the plaintiff’s protest filed in the office of the surveyor-general.</p> <p>Id.—Certificate of Surveyor-General to Order of Reference.—. The certificate of the surveyor-general to the copy of the order referring the contest for trial need not expressly state that the order had been entered in a record-book in his office.</p>