MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The defence upon which the defendant below relied on both trials, was that the land patented to the railroad company was within the boundaries of a Mexican grant, the validity of which was at the time under consideration by the Federal tribunals and was, therefore, reserved from sale when the patent was issued. Evidence to establish this fact was offered on the first trial, but rejected...
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