Legal Opinion

Parley's Park Silver Mining Co. v. Kerr

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 8, 1889No. 154PublishedCited by 16 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar

This action was brought in a District Court of the Territory of Utah on the 14th of September, 1880, by the appellant, Barley’s Park Silver Mining Company, to establish the validity of its title to certain mining property in Utah, and to have annulled the adverse claim' of the appellee, John W. Kerr, to an estate or interest in said property.

The suit was founded upon § 1479, Compiled Laws of Utah, § 254 of .the Practice Act, which is as follows: “An action may be brought by any person in possession by himself or his tenant, of real property, against any person who claims an estate or interest…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ely v. New Mexico & Arizona RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1889

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Wall v. MagnesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
  2. Corthell v. Summit Thread Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
  3. Producers' Oil Co. v. HanszenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  4. Mares v. DillonMontana Supreme Court · 1904
  5. McPherson v. JuliusSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1903

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