Ringstorf v. Guth

Citations

• 50 Cal. 86
• 1875 Cal. LEXIS 91

Syllabus

<p>Survey of Swamp Lands.—The State Surveyor-General, in surveying pwamp and overflowed lands, should conform his survey in the field to the surveys of the upland adjoining made by the United States; but if he does not do so, and the survey and stakes and marks in the field place a line between sections or subdivisions to the one side or the other of the United States survey, the courts will not inquire into the matter, but parties who purchase the lands on either side of the line are bound by this survey in the field.</p> <p>Swamp and Overflowed Lands.—Parties who purchase from the State adjoining subdivisions of swamp and overflowed lands, are bound by the lines between the sections or subdivisions fixed by the survey made in the field by the State Surveyor-General, even if such lines do not coincide with the United States survey, or with the field notes sent to the office of the Surveyor-General of the State.</p>