Supreme Court of the United States, 1878

The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, holding that the alcalde’s grant record is admissible as primary evidence, the grant’s language is sufficient to convey fee simple, a grant to an infant is voidable not void, and the statute of limitations did not bar the action because it did not run until the 1864…

The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court for the District of Oregon invalidating the sale to Pennoyer: a personal money judgment rendered against Neff, a non-resident of Oregon served only by publication of summons, without personal service, appearance, or any attachment bringing his property under…