Description
Case file for United States vs. Bishop Joseph S. Alemany, Land of the Christian Indians [In each County where missions were located]. Includes transcript of the proceedings and related documents.
No grant as such was made; one league was claimed for the Christian Indians at each mission as a natural right. Claim filed by Bishop Alemany for the Indians Feb. 28, 1853. Rejected by the Board Dec. 31, 1855, because no grants had been or were claimed, and no occupation of land was proven. Appeal dismissed by the District Court Feb. 23, 1857. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 345 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Docket 663, 422 ND, 387 SD
No grant as such was made; one league was claimed for the Christian Indians at each mission as a natural right. Claim filed by Bishop Alemany for the Indians Feb. 28, 1853. Rejected by the Board Dec. 31, 1855, because no grants had been or were claimed, and no occupation of land was proven. Appeal dismissed by the District Court Feb. 23, 1857. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 345 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Docket 663, 422 ND, 387 SD