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UNITED STATES V. WEST'S HEIRS, 63 U. S. 315 (1859)

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United States v. West's Heirs, 63 U.S. 22 How. 315 315 (1859)

United States v. West's Heirs

63 U.S. (22 How.) 315

Syllabus

Where a grant of land in California was genuine, and issued by the proper authority, a fraudulent attempt to alter it by erasures and interlineations for the purpose of enlarging the quantity, made after California had been ceded to the United States, will not vitiate the original grant.

The book called Jimeno's Index is not an authoritative proof of grants enumerated in it, or as a conclusive exclusion of grants not so registered, but may be referred to as an auxiliary memorandum made by Jimeno officially while he was secretary.

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