Powers v. Leith

Citations

• 53 Cal. 711

Syllabus

<p>Decisions of Land Depabtjient.—The decisions of the Land Department upon questions of fact are not subject to review by the Courts.—[Iir.-POKTEB.]</p> <p>Title Acquieed by Tkustee.—The Land Department having determined that the defendants’ homestead entry, Ho. 301, was valid, and it not being shown that the determination was based upon an erroneous decision of a matter of law, and entry Ho. 304 being prior to the initiation of the plaintiff’s preemption, there is no ground on which the plaintiff can claim that the defendant acquired the title to the land under his homestead entry as his [the plaintiff’s] trustee.</p>