McNear v. Hutchinson

Citations

• 31 Cal. 177

Syllabus

<p>Purchase op Swamp Land under Act of 1855.—One who had purchased from the State and paid for a tract of swamp and overflowed land under the Act of 1855, prior to the repeal of said Act in 1858, had acquired a vested right in the land which could not be taken from him by the repeal, although his patent was not issued at the time of the passage of the repealing Act.</p> <p>Swamp Land within Limits of City.—H. purchased of the State and paid for a parcel of swamp or overflowed land, but before the patent was issued an Act was passed including the land within the limits of Petaluma, an incorporated city. Held, that the patent afterwards issued was not thereby rendered invalid..</p>