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Book Synopsis The Pioneer, Or California Monthly Magazine, 1854, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by :
Download or read book The Pioneer, Or California Monthly Magazine, 1854, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pioneer, or California Monthly Magazine, 1854, Vol. 2 At the time that this series of articles was commenced, it was not anticipated that the case of "The city of San Francisco vs. the United States," pending before the Board of United States Land Commissioners, would so soon have been brought to argument. Since our last, the whole matter has been submitted to the consideration of the Board after having been elaborately argued by counsel of eminence. Under these circumstances, it would not perhaps be proper to go into an examination of the laws which govern the case. The briefs of the council on each side have been published, well crowded with citations of authorities. The brief of Horace Hawes Esq., shows evidence of a patient investigation and untiring industry that have left nothing to chance. Yet there is little new to the bar or bench in these briefs; and there is in Mr. H.'s, an assumption of ignorance on the part of the Board and of the bar in general, which is anything but complimentary. It might have been assumed without any very grave error, that the Board had stumbled upon at least the alphabet of the Spanish law; and that the opposing counsel, in the coarse of their investigations, had heard of a book called Leyes de las Indias. However, for the reasons stated, we shall not discuss the law; in fact, in our view, all the law, that is necessary to decide this case, can be found without difficulty - is known to all lawyers - and admits of no discussion. It is astonishing, that men who ought to know the facts, and also swear that they do know them, should contradict each other so flatly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
