During the 1850s, Norris remained embroiled in a legal battle with the descendants of Eliab Grimes, who contested Eliab Grimes' will, and hence Norris' claim to the rancho [REF].
Norris emerged deep in debt to his lawyers James Ben Ali Haggin (1822-1914) and Lloyd Tevis (1824-1899); and in 1862, Norris sold Rancho del Paso to them.