MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action of ejectment brought by Friedman to recover the possession of a certain parcel of the Pueblo lands confirmed to the city of San Francisco by the act of Congress passed March 8, 1866 (14 Stat. 4). He did not attempt to connect himself with the city title, but relied entirely upon his alleged prior possession and that of his grantors.
The defendants, who are the plaintiffs in error...
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