California Supreme Court,
Law Practice
May 6, 2021
John Fremont and Mexican land grands in California
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican-American War was entered into by Mexico and the United States on Feb. 2, 1948, and ratified by both countries later that year. It contained a provision covering land ceded to the U.S. under the treaty, but owned by Mexicans. Ownership of such property, it said, “shall be inviolably respected.”
Donald E. Warner
Donald is a Los Angeles-based lawyer and adjunct professor at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where his courses have included California Legal History.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican-American War was entered into by Mexico and the United States on Feb. 2, 1948, and ratified by both countries later that year. It contained a provision covering land ceded to the U.S. under the treaty, but owned by Mexicans. Ownership of such property, it said, "shall be inviolably respected."
In fulfillment of the directive that Mexican land titles be "inviolately respected," the Co...
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