SANCHEZ V. DEERING, 270 U. S. 227 (1926)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sanchez v. Deering, 270 U.S. 227 (1926)
Sanchez v. Deering
No. 134
Argued January 14, 1926
Decided March 1, 1926
270 U.S. 227
Syllabus
1. Confirmation by Congress of a Spanish grant in Florida (Acts of March 3, 1823, February 8, 1827) followed by survey, passed legal title. Wilson Cypress Co. v. Marcos, 236 U. S. 635. P. 270 U. S. 229.
2. Claimants of an undivided interest in such a grant, and their predecessors, by postponing for seventy years after survey the suit against those holding under the confirmation, were guilty of laches. Id. .
298 F.2d 6 affirmed.
Appeal from a decree of the circuit court of appeals which affirmed a decree of the district court dismissing the bill in a suit to establish an interest in a tract of land