Supreme Court of the United States January 18, 1861 (United States v. Chana)

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellees presented their claim before the board of commissioners for the settlement of land claims in California for a tract of land, consisting of four leagues, on the south side of Bear creek, in Yuba county, under a grant to Theodore Sicard by Micheltorena, Governor of the Department of California.