Samuel Freeman Miller

“ It thus appears that plaintiff has the only title founded on a patent from the United States. The act of Congress of 1857, to ascertain and settle the private land-claims in California, required that every claim to land arising under the Mexican government should be presented to the board of commissioners appointed under it, and that they should reject or affirm the claim. ”

“ A grant by Pio Pico, governor of California, of the premises in controversy, dated Dec. 6, 1845; a petition to the board of commissioners of private land-claims, dated Oct. 23, 1852; a decree of confirmation of that board, dated July 7, 1855; an appeal, which was dismissed; and a survey of the lands so confirmed by the surveyor-general of the United States.
No patent has been issued to the claimants under these proceedings. ”

“ Foster v. Mora
This is an action of ejectment brought originally in the Circuit Court for the District of California, by the defendant in error, in which he recovered judgment against the plaintiffs in error. ”