Marquez v. Frisbie

Citations

• 41 Cal. 624
• 1871 Cal. LEXIS 145

Syllabus

<p>Proof of Rights of Claimants under the Suscol Act.—It was the special duty of the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at San Francisco to take proof of the necessary facts entitling applicants, under the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1862, relative to the Suscol Rancho, to the benefit of that Act; and where there is no charge of fraudulent proofs, the award of the Register and Receiver will be regarded as conclusive.</p> <p>Pre-emption of Lands Included in the Suscol Rancho.—By the Act of March 3d, 1863, relative to the Suscol Rancho, all the lands included in the grant to Vallejo are withdrawn from the operation of the general preemption laws of the United States, and an attempt to preempt such lands under the general laws is futile, and confers no title, either legal or equitable.</p>