Description
Case file for United States vs. Elam Brown, Acalanes [Contra Costa]. Includes transcript of the proceedings and related documents.
Granted by Figueroa Aug. 1, 1834, to Candelario Valencia; 3 quarters of a leagues, by name. Claim filled by Elam Brown Feb. 2, 1852. Confirmed by the Board Feb. 14, 1853. Appeal dismissed by the District Court Nov. 26, 1856. Patent issued to Elam Brown May 18, 1858, for 3,328.95 acres. The patent is recorded in Martinez, Contra Costa County. No. 124, General Land Office map. Deposited Expediente 14 gives the litigation with Moraga over the boundary line between Acalanes and Laguna del los Palos Colorados. This ranch was also called San Felipe. Descisions, Dept. of Interior, I,181, Feb. 23, 1882. (1a) Acalanes and Laguna de los Palos Colorandos bounday dispute. Dep. Exp. 14, In Contra Costa County. Dispute between Candelario Valencia and Joaqun Moraga, 1843. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 1 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Título 46, Expediente 35, Deposited Expediente 14, Docket 14, 31 ND, GLO 124
Granted by Figueroa Aug. 1, 1834, to Candelario Valencia; 3 quarters of a leagues, by name. Claim filled by Elam Brown Feb. 2, 1852. Confirmed by the Board Feb. 14, 1853. Appeal dismissed by the District Court Nov. 26, 1856. Patent issued to Elam Brown May 18, 1858, for 3,328.95 acres. The patent is recorded in Martinez, Contra Costa County. No. 124, General Land Office map. Deposited Expediente 14 gives the litigation with Moraga over the boundary line between Acalanes and Laguna del los Palos Colorados. This ranch was also called San Felipe. Descisions, Dept. of Interior, I,181, Feb. 23, 1882. (1a) Acalanes and Laguna de los Palos Colorandos bounday dispute. Dep. Exp. 14, In Contra Costa County. Dispute between Candelario Valencia and Joaqun Moraga, 1843. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 1 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Título 46, Expediente 35, Deposited Expediente 14, Docket 14, 31 ND, GLO 124