Thompson v. Los Angeles Farming & Milling Co.

Citations

• 180 U.S. 72
• 21 S. Ct. 289
• 45 L. Ed. 432
• 1901 U.S. LEXIS 1284

Syllabus

<p>The papers offered in evidence in this case, instead of showing the non-existence of special circumstances with reference to the sale to de Celis which authorized the governor to make it, affirm the existence of those circumstances, and the condition of the plaintiff in error is reduced to this dilemma: —the papers being ruled out, the validity of the grant will be implied : — the papers being ruled in, the validity of the grant will be shown.</p>