Wright v. Seymour

Citations

• 69 Cal. 122
• 10 P. 323
• 1886 Cal. LEXIS 638

Syllabus

<p>Mexican Grant—Patent from United States—Construction of—Extent of Grant. —Upon the confirmation of a Mexican grant, the patent issued by the United States government to the claimant is the only evidence of the extent of the grant, and the terms used in the patent relating to the extent and boundaries of the grant are subject to the same rules of construction as other grants by the government.</p> <p>Id. —Land Bordering on Tidal Stream—Grantee Takes to High-water Mark.—A patent from the United States government for land bordering upon a stream in which the tide ebbs and flows, but which is unnavigable in fact, does not pass the title to any land below high-water mark, unless an intention so to do is expressed therein.</p>