Description
Case file for United States vs. Abel Stearns, Laguna de Temecula [Riverside County]. Includes transcript of the proceedings and related documents.
Granted by Micheltorena June 7, 1844, to Julian Manriquez; 3 leagues, by name. Claim filed by Abel Stearns Sept. 18, 1852. Confirmed by the Board Feb. 14, 1854. Confirmed by the District Court Mar. 5, 1856; appeal dismissed Feb. 24, 1857. Patent issued to Abel Stearns Sept. 3, 1872, for 13,338.84 acres. The patent is recorded in San Diego. No. 495 General Land Office map. Temecula, of which this grant was a part, refers to a geographic area and not to a grant of that name. This grant has also been called Laguna, and Terreno de Temecula. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 305 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Unclassified Expediente 305, Expediente 425, Docket 346, 161 SD, GLO 495
Granted by Micheltorena June 7, 1844, to Julian Manriquez; 3 leagues, by name. Claim filed by Abel Stearns Sept. 18, 1852. Confirmed by the Board Feb. 14, 1854. Confirmed by the District Court Mar. 5, 1856; appeal dismissed Feb. 24, 1857. Patent issued to Abel Stearns Sept. 3, 1872, for 13,338.84 acres. The patent is recorded in San Diego. No. 495 General Land Office map. Temecula, of which this grant was a part, refers to a geographic area and not to a grant of that name. This grant has also been called Laguna, and Terreno de Temecula. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 305 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Unclassified Expediente 305, Expediente 425, Docket 346, 161 SD, GLO 495