California Supreme Court July 1, 1867 (Kile v. Tubbs)

By the Court, Shafter, J.:

Ejectment for one hundred and sixty acres of land, it being the southwest quarter of section eleven in a certain township in the County of San Joaquin.

The plaintiffs claimed the premises under a State patent issued to them in June, 1862. The lands are described in the patent as “ swamp and overflowed.