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Case file for United States vs. Joel S. Polack et al, Island of Yerba Buena [San Francisco County]. Includes transcript of the proceedings and related documents.
Granted by Alvarado Nov. 8, 1838, to Juan Jose Castro; the island by name with a present area of 240 acres. Claim filed by Joel S. Polack et al Jan. 27, 1852. Confirmed by the Board May 22, 1855. Rejected by the District Court Mar. 17, 1858, because of absence of archive evidence of a grant. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 280 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Docket 11, 299 ND

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