by J. J. Bowden Benigno Ortiz y Sandoval instituted suit[1] in the Court of Private Land Claims on February 14, 1893, against the United Stats for the confirmation of the grant known as the La Majada Grant. In his petition, Ortiz alleged that on February 10, 1695, Governor Diego de Vargas granted a tract of land originally called El Ojito but subsequently known as La Majada, to Jacinto Pelaez as compensation for the services he had rendered as a solider during the reconquest of New Mexico. The boundaries of the grant were described as: On the north, by a line … Continue reading La Majada Grant