Stanway v. Rubio

Citations

• 51 Cal. 41

Syllabus

<p>Location oe School Lands.—A certificate of location of State school lands, in the hands of the person to whom it is issued, or his vendees, is prima facie evidence of legal title upon which they are entitled to recover in ejectment, as against one who does not show a better title.</p> <p>Conveyance oe School Lands.—If a person who has received a certificate of location of school lands, and has paid for the same, conveys all his right and title to the same, and to the school location of the same, the deed conveys all the right which the purchaser from the State has acquired by the certificate of location and the payment of the purchase-money.</p> <p>Conveyance oe Land by punchase ekom the State.—If an applicant for the purchase of school lands from the State, who has received a certificate of location or of purchase, while such certificates are by statute declared to be prima facie evidence of title, conveys all his interest in the lands described in the certificate, the conveyance vests in the grantee all the right which the grantor may afterwards acquire from the State by virtue of a patent issued to him.</p>