Tormey v. True

Citations

• 45 Cal. 105

Syllabus

<p>Pre-emptioner on Suscol Ranch.—One who claims the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed March 3d, 1863, granting the right of preemption to purchasers from Vallejo, of land in the Suscol Ranch, before the rejection of Vallejo’s claim thereto by the Supreme Court of the United States, must show that he purchased from Vallejo, or his assigns, and had reduced the land to possession before the time of said rejection of Vallejo’s claim.</p> <p>Equitable Defense in Ejectment.—The defendant in ejectment, who relies on an equitable defense, must, in his answer, set up fully the facts on which his equity rests.</p>