Thompson v. Spencer

Citations

• 50 Cal. 532

Syllabus

<p>Grant of Pueblo Lands.—If a town, as the successor in interest of a Hexican pueblo, owns the pueblo lands within its limits, and its board of trustees grants a block of said land to a petitioner for the same, and he then conveys the same by a quitclaim deed, and the board of trustees of the town afterwards make a conveyance to the grantor, the grantee acquires, by the quitclaim deed, the title to the premises as against a subsequent purchaser from the grantor. The deed of the board of trustees relates back to the date of the grant.</p> <p>When Deed takes Effect bx Relation.—When the authorities of a town make a grant of a pueblo lot, and afterwards execute a deed, the -deed takes effect by relation as of the date of the grant.</p>