The United States, Appellants v. Juan Manuel Vaca and Juan Felipe Pena

On the 27th January, 1843, the claimants and appellees in this case, Juan Manuel Vaca and Jose Phelipe Pena, (the latter under the name of Armijo,) received a grant of land from Micheltorena, then governor; the boundaries of which, as stated in the grant, are the Sacramento River on the east, on the west the Sierra of Napa; at the north, the Creek of Lihuaytos, (which was also given as the name by which the tract should be designated,) and the extent ten sitios de ganado mayor. Prior to this grant, a sketch or map was furnished, according to the law, as is shown in the recitals of the grant. The grant was made, as expressed in it, subject to 'the measurements to be made of contiguous ranchos,' and the juridical possession to be given after the confirmation of the grant.