Vance v. Evans
Citations
- 52 Cal. 93
Syllabus
<p>Jurisdiction of Contest between Applicants to Purchase State Lands. The only contest in respect to the right to purchase State lands, of which the District Courts have jurisdiction, are those which arise in the Surveyor-General’s or Register’s office.</p> <p>1 When Jurisdiction does not Attach.—A District Court has no jurisdiction of an application to purchase lands filed after the order referring the contest to such Court for determination.</p> <p>Requisites of Application.—The applicant must state in his application that there is no claim to the land for which he applies, other than his own, as required by sec. 3408 of the Political Code.</p>
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- evidence at trial authorized finding that adverse possession claimant had used disputed property as a part of the premises of her residence for 40 years as a lawn and garden with permission of actual owner
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Judges: Rhodes
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