Romie Et Al v. Casanova

• Court: U.S. Supreme Court
• Writing for the Court: WAITE
• Citation: Romie Et Al v. Casanova, 91 U.S. 379, 23 L.Ed. 374 (1875)
• Decision Date: 01 October 1875
• Parties: ROMIE ET AL. v. CASANOVA

91 U.S. 379

23 L.Ed. 374

ROMIE ET AL. v. CASANOVA.

October Term, 1875

ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of California.

This is an action of ejectment, commenced in the District Court for the Third Judicial District of the State of California.

That court found as follows:——

'First, That on the seventeenth day of December, 1845, Felix Buelna was alcalde of the pueblo de San Jos e, and, as such, granted and conveyed in fee to Bicenta Padia a lot of land in said pueblo, fifty varas in front and one hundred varas in depth, and on that day measured the same, and delivered to said Padia the possession thereof; and that said Padia shortly afterwards and within one year thereafter enclosed said lot with a fence, and lived upon and cultivated the same.

'Second, That afterwards, and before the commencement of this action, said Bicenta Padia sold and conveyed said lot of land to defendant, Teresa Casanova; and that she is now, and was at the time of the commencement of this action, and ever since has been, the owner in fee thereof.

'Third, That said lot so granted and conveyed to said Padia is situated in the city of San Jos e, within the boundaries named in the complaint herein, immediately south of the lot known as the Case na lot, and formerly known as the Buelna lot, and latterly occupied by Meserve, fronting on the old Monterey road fifty varas, and extending back one hundred varas westerly.

'Fourth, That, at the time of the commencement of this action, defendant, Teresa Casanova, with her husband, Francisco Casanova (now deceased), was in possession of said lot of land granted and delivered to said Padia, but not of any other part of the premises described in the complaint of plaintiff.

'Fifth, That the present city of San Jos e is the former pueblo de San Jos e; that the title of said city to the lands within her boundaries, claimed under grant from the Spanish government, has been finally confirmed to said city by the courts and...