Moore v. Massini
Moore v. Massini
Opinion of the Court
The case was here in 1869, and is reported in 37 Cal. R. 432. It was then determined that the confirmation and patent to Hill were bounded on the south by the seashore— that is, by the line of high water—notwithstanding the calls and distances contained in the patent include portions of the sea. The judgment was then reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial, and the plaintiff having again recovered, the appeal now brought here is frotn the judgment alone, and rests upon the judgment roll containing the findings of fact, no statement upon appeal being found in the record. The only question made is as to whether or not on the second trial the Court below observed the distinction between land above and land below high-water mark upon the southern boundary of the rancho.
The Court found that the patent, according to the lines of the survey, by course and distance, included all that tract of land described in the complaint, to wit, bounded and described as follows: “ Commencing at the southeasterly corner of the rancho called ‘La Goleta;’ thence running along the eastern boundary line of the said rancho to the tract of land occupied by A. C. Scull, and the line of the tract occupied by Samuel Sharp, and along the bed of a creek to the eastern line of the tract now owned and occupied by the plaintiff; thence along the line of the last before mentioned tract of land southwardly, westwardly, and northwardly, to the bed of the creek; thence following the course of the bed of said creek to the Pacific Ocean and the front line of the survey of said rancho (beiiig the low-water mark); thence along the said front boundary fine of said rancho to the place of beginning.” •
The Court further found “that said patent recites that said confirmation was to a tract of land bounded on the south by the seashore; but the survey, as made and approved,
1. The rule is familiar that a party complaining of alleged error committed to his injury must point it out—error will will not be intended, but the presumption indulged is that the proceedings below were correct so far as such presumption is not overcome by the record. If the plaintiff was permitted to give evidence of the taking of the asphaltum by the defendants at points below the line of high-water
2. But besides the judgment rendered for the damages a final decree was entered enjoining the defendants from trespassing upon the premises described in the complaint, and referring to the complaint alone for a description of the premises included in the decree. The description as found in the complaint follows the line of low-water mark. The injunction thus following that line is in that particular clearly erroneous. The judgment in that respect is therefore reversed and the cause remanded with directions to modify it so as to exclude from the injunction these lands below high-water mark; in all other respects the judgment is affirmed, the appellants to recover the costs of the appeal.
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- THOMAS W. MOORE v. PETER MASSINI
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