...court erred in holding that under the said act of Congress of March 3d, 1851, it was not necessary for each and every person claiming lands in California,...right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican governments, to present such claim to the board of land commissioners under said act." The question...

...California," 9 Stat. at L. 631, created a board of commissioners to which all persons claiming land by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican government were required to presen t their claims for examination and determination within two years from ite...

...laud commissioners, and declaring, among other things, " that each and every person claiming lauds in California, by virtue of any right or title derived...as the said claimant relies upon in support of such claim ; and it shall be the duty of the commissioners, when the ease is ready for hearing, to proceed...

...Congress of March 3d, 1851, creating the Board of Land Commissioners, provided that all claims to land in California, by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican government, should be presented to the board for examination and adjudication. % Accordingly, the city of San Francisco,...

...Large, vol. 9, p. 631), creating a board of land commissioners, and declaring, among other things, "that each and every person claiming lands in California,...present the same to the said commissioners, when sitting at a board, together with such documentary evidence and testimony of witnesses as the said claimant...

...for that purpose the appointment of a commission was provided for. Section 8 of that act provided " that each and every person claiming lands in California,...Mexican government," shall present the same to the commission. Review by the district court and appeal to the supreme court of the United States were...

...Castillero, 2 Black, 17, 158, it was said: "Power to decide upon the validity of any claim presented to land in California by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican government, as a matter of original jurisdiction, is, by the act of March 3, 1851, exclusively conferred upon the...

...derived from the Spanish Opinion of the Court. or Mexican government should present the same to that Board, together with such documentary evidence and testimony of witnesses as the claimant relied upon in support of his claim — the decision when rendered, to be certified, with...

...derived from the Spanish Opinion of the Court. or Mexican government should present the same to that Board, together with such documentary evidence and testimony of witnesses as the claimant relied upon in support of his claim — the decision when rendered to be certified, with the...

...derived from the Spanish Opinion of the Court. or Mexican government should present the same to that Board, together with such documentary evidence and testimony of witnesses as the claimant relied upon in support of his claim — the decision when rendered to be certified, with the...