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Case file for United States vs. The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Sacremento, Sacramento City [Sacramento County]. Includes transcript of the proceedings and related documents.
Granted by Alvarado June 18, 1841, to John A. Sutter; 11 leagues, by name. Claim filed by the City of Sacremento Feb. 25, 1853, for about 4 square miles of the land within the city. Rejected by the Board Mar. 6, 1855, because no proof of a grant was offered. Cause dismissed by the District Court April 21, 1856. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 651 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Docket 633, 274 ND

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Title Sacramento City [Sacramento County] The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Sacramento, Claimant. Case no. 274, Northern District of California.
Creator Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880, Grantee
United States District Court (California: Northern District), Responsible Party
City of Sacramento, Claimant
Variant Title United States vs. City of Sacramento
Published 1853-1856
Full Collection Name Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California
Other Identifiers BANC MSS Land Case Files 274 ND
Subject (Person) Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
Subject (Corporate) City of Sacramento
Subject (Topic) Land grants--California--Sacramento County
Land titles--California--Sacramento County
Geographic Coverage Sacramento (Calif.)
Sacramento County (Calif.)
Type Text
Format Case files
Extent Originals:1 portfolio (10p.); 26 x 41 cm.
Language English
Archive The Bancroft Library
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