Supreme Court of the United States March 18, 1857 (United States v. Sutherland)

Mr. Justice GRIER

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants in error filed their petition before the board of commissioners for ascertaining and settling private land claims in California, claiming “ a tract of land called El Cahon, containing eleven sitios de ganado mayor, situated in the county of San Diego, by virtue of a grant in fee made to their mother, Doña Maria Antonio Estudillo