Megerle v. Ashe

Citations

• 47 Cal. 632

Syllabus

<p>Law of a Case.—A decision of the Supreme Court, made in a case which it sends back for a new trial, becomes the law of the case in all its stages.</p> <p>Pboof of the Filing of the Plat of Subvey of Public Land.—A notice published by the Register and Receiver of a United States Land Office, notifying those who claim pre-emption rights to file their declaratory statements on or before a day named in the notice, is not admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the day on which the plat of the survey of a township was returned by the Surveyor-General to the local land office.</p> <p>Filing Declabatoby Statement of Pbe-bmptioneb.—Under the provisions of the Act of Congress, passed March 3d, 1853, the declaratory statement of a pre-emptioner must be filed within three months from the time the plat of the survey of the township is returned to the local land office, or it will not secure the claimant’s right of pre-emption.</p>