Poppe v. Langford

Supreme Court of the United States
Poppe v. Langford, 104 U.S. 770 (1882)
26 L. Ed. 922; 1881 U.S. LEXIS 2075

Poppe v. Langford

Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the' court.

It is’clear wé have no jurisdiction in this case. All the court below decided was, that in California the title of the true owner of lands is .extinguished by an adverse possession under color !of right for the .length of time which would be a bar to a recovery in ejectment- '. This is not a Federal question. All that was said about sect. 1007 of the Civil Code of California' was unnecessary and not required in the determination of the' cause.

' Motion granted.

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