John Greer and Others, Plaintiffs in Error v. S. M. Mezes

THIS case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of California. It was an action of ejectment brought, by way of petition, by the defendants in error against Greer and twenty-nine other persons. The plaintiffs below represented the interests of Arguello, whose title was confirmed by this court in 18 Howard, 539, to that portion of the land described in the petition, bounded as follows, viz: on the south by the Arrogo or creek of San Francisquito, on the north by the creek San Mateo, on the east by the estuary or waters of the bay of San Francisco, and on the west by the eastern borders of the valley known as Ca nada de Raymundo, said land being of the extent of four leagues in length and one in breadth, be the same more or less.