In the Supreme Court of the State of California, April Term, AD 1877.

1877. An Early Los Angeles Imprint, 1877.. An Early Los Angeles Imprint, 1877. A Land Dispute over Vineyards [California]. In the Supreme Court of the State of California, April Term, A.D. 1877. Thomas Stanway, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. Jose Rubio, Defendant and Appellant. Appellant's Points and Authorities. J.D. Bicknell, For Appellant. J.R. McConnell, Of Counsel. Los Angeles: Mirror Printing, Binding and Ruling Establishment, [1877]. 18 pp. Quarto (10" x 7"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light toning, light soiling to exterior, a few chips to rear wrapper, "No. 5469" at head of front wrapper with "5469" completed in manuscript. $250. * This case related to one of the vineyards owned by Jose Rubio, an important vineyardist in Southern California. Rubio's attorney was John D. Bicknell [1838-1911], a prominent real estate attorney based in Los Angeles and one of the founders of the firm known today as Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. The Rubio case took place five years after Bicknell established his Los Angeles practice; his clientele would grow to include the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the Los Angeles Railway Company and railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington (the founder of California's Huntington Library). This brief is also notable as an example of early Los Angeles printing. This is a rare item. No copies located on OCLC.