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Frisbie failed to get the legislation through Congress in 1862, he was successful a year later (the new version of the legislation applied only to landholders within the boundaries of Rancho Suscol), and the Suscol Act became law in 1863. However the intervening years gave the homesteaders time to establish their claims based on the Pre-emption Act of 1841. Some minor violence occurred, but both sides turned to the courts. Homesteader Whitney filed a lawsuit to compel Frisbie to convey the disputed land to him. The Supreme Court ruled for Frisbie, and the homesteaders were evicted.
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As the grant was rejected, there is no official area of the grant. The grant was for approximately 18 square leagues, and the area discussed in the
Supreme Court documents is 84,000 acres (340 km). Vallejo sold Rancho Suscol to his son-in-law, John B. Frisbie, who was married to Vallejo's oldest
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to pass a law allowing claimants under a rejected grant to pre-empt their property at $ 1.25 per acre - without limitation regarding acreage. Under the Pre-emption Act of 1841, owners were allowed to "pre-empt" their portions of the grant, and acquire title for $ 1.25 an acre - up to a maximum of
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Mexican governor Micheltorena. Vallejo also received a confirming document (later considered to be a forgery by the
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Suscol in Napa County: An Historic Report 1835-1977
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16:Mexican land grant in California
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261:The Pacific Historical Review
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367:History of California
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42:to General
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1293:San Rafael
1288:Santa Cruz
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1078:Santa Rosa
983:Long Beach
978:Sacramento
895:Stanislaus
865:Santa Cruz
820:San Benito
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478:Since 1900
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