California Supreme Court,
Law Practice
Jun. 28, 2021
The Pious Fund: A century-long fight over a 250-year-old charity
The dispute between Mexico and the U.S. over a charity established in the 1600s arose out of the two countries’ intertwined history in California.
John S. Caragozian
Email: caragozian@gmail.com
John is a Los Angeles-based lawyer and sits on the Board of the California Supreme Court Historical Society. He welcomes ideas for future monthly columns on California's legal history at caragozian@gmail.com.
The Pious Fund: A century-long fight over a 250-year-old charity
The dispute between Mexico and the U.S. over a charity established in the 1600s arose out of the two countries' intertwined history in California.
Explorers sailing from the then-Spanish possession of Mexico first "discovered" Baja California in 1535 and Alta California -- the present-day U.S. state ...
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