McDonald v. Edmonds

Citations

• 44 Cal. 328
• 1872 Cal. LEXIS 205

Syllabus

<p>Quitclaim Deed—-Pbe-bmption.—A conveyance by a quitclaim deed does not preclude the grantor from afterwards acquiring and holding the same land by preemption under the laws of the United States.</p> <p>Ceetieicate oe Beceivbb oe United States Lands as Evidence.— A certificate of the Beceiver of a Land Office of the United States, that a person therein named has made full payment for a tract of land therein described, under a preemption entry, is evidence that the person to whom it is given has taken the necessary steps towards preempting the land, and has paid for the same, and establishes in such person a right to the possession of the land, as against one who shows no title.</p>