SOME ACCOUNT

OF THE WORK OF

STEPHEN J. FIELD

AS A

LEGISLATOR, STATE JUDGE, AND JUDGE OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

WITH AN

INTRODUCTORY SKETCH

BY

JOHN NORTON POMEROY, LL.D.,

PROFESSOR OF LAW IN THE HASTINGS LAW DEPARTMENT OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

1881.

3. His work as a member of the California Supreme Court...... 22-45

4. His work as a member of the U. S. Supreme Court...........

Note by the Editors.......

45-61

63

JUDGE FIELD AS A LEGISLATOR..

a. Legislation for the protection of miners in their mining

claims........

3-8

b. Legislation for the exemption from forced sale of tools and

other personal property of debtors......

c. General Legislation secured by him............

8-11

11-14

JUDGE FIELD AS A MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CALI-

FORNIA:

1. His election.........

15

2. Estimate of his judicial career on that bench by Judge

Baldwin...

16-19

3. Unsettled coudition of land titles in the State from three

causes:

a. Extent and indefinite boundaries of Mexican grants.. 20-24

b. Occupation of the public lands by settlers in ad-

vance of legislation by Congress......

24-25

c. Claim of the State to own the minerals in the soil.. 26-29

e. The non-receivability of Legal-Tender notes for