Wren v. Mangan
Citations
- 88 Cal. 274
- 26 P. 100
- 1891 Cal. LEXIS 684
Syllabus
<p>Swamp and Overflowed Land — United States Survey — Premature Application — Void Certificate of Purchase. —Since the year 1874 no application to purchase swamp-land has been authorized until after the land has been segregated as such by authority of the United States; and a certificate of purchase issued upon an application made before the survey and segregation of such land by the United States is void.</p> <p>Id. — Contest of Right to Purchase — Rights of Settler. — A settler upon land returned as swamp by the United States survey, who has applied for the land, and has proved that each legal subdivision thereof is snitable for cultivation, is entitled to judgment in his favor upon a contest of the right to purchase the land as against the holder of a certificate of purchase issued upon an application made prior to the survey to one who had never been an actual settler upon the land.</p>
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