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Case file for United States vs. Mariano G. Vallejo, Suscol (also called "Soscol") [Solano and Napa County]. Includes transcript of the proceedings and related documents.
Granted by Micheltorena Mar. 16, 1843, a colonization grant, and June 19, 1844, a formal sale, a grant based on a sale for $5,000, to Mariano G. Vallejo; about 92,435.06 acres, by name. Claim filed by Mariano G. Vallejo and assigns July 17, 1852. Confirmed by the Board May 22, 1855. Confirmed by the District Court Mar. 22, 1860, and June 10, 1862. Rejectd by the Supreme Court Mar. 24, 1862, by mandate, because the governor was without authority to sell grants; appeal dismissed June 9, 1862, by docket entry- the mandate is lost. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 818 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Filed Expediente 53, Docket 291, 316 ND
Granted by Micheltorena Mar. 16, 1843, a colonization grant, and June 19, 1844, a formal sale, a grant based on a sale for $5,000, to Mariano G. Vallejo; about 92,435.06 acres, by name. Claim filed by Mariano G. Vallejo and assigns July 17, 1852. Confirmed by the Board May 22, 1855. Confirmed by the District Court Mar. 22, 1860, and June 10, 1862. Rejectd by the Supreme Court Mar. 24, 1862, by mandate, because the governor was without authority to sell grants; appeal dismissed June 9, 1862, by docket entry- the mandate is lost. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 818 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Filed Expediente 53, Docket 291, 316 ND