SINGLETON v. TOUCHARD, 66 U.S. 342 (1861)

SINGLETON vs. TOUCHARD. DECEMBER TERM, 1861. 1. Where a plaintiff in ejectment claimed under a Mexican title, confirmed and patented according to the act of 1851, the defendant cannot oppose to it another Mexican title not finally confirmed, but pending in the Supreme Court on appeal by the Attorney General. 2. In such case the […]

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66 U.S. 342

66 U.S. 342 66 U.S. 342 1 Black 342 17 L.Ed. 50 SINGLETONv.TOUCHARD. December Term, 1861 Gustave Touchard, a subject of the French Emperor, brought ejectment in the Circuit Court for the northern district of California, against James Singleton and seventeen others, for a tract of land situate in the county of Santa Clara, California, […]

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