Legal Opinion

Reilly v. Berry

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided September 5, 1887No. Civil Nos. 202, 203, 205PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from a Judgment of the District Court of the First Judicial District in and for the County of Cochise. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.

The question presented in these cases is between a title derived from the Tombstone town-site patent, and one derived from a patent to the Mountain Maid Mining Company. The date of entry of the town-site is April 9, 1880. The mining patent was dated August 15, 1882. February 25, 1879, there was filed a notice of location of the Mountain Maid mine. This notice is so uncertain that the land claimed cannot be identified. It is aided by no evidence whatever. November 20, 1880, the record was amended, and on August 15, 1882, a patent was issued to the land described in the amendment. This…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Deffeback v. HawkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Murray v. BuolMontana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. King v. ThomasMontana Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Blackmore v. ReillyArizona Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Clark v. JonesArizona Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. HaverlyArizona Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Anthony Vinyards v. Natural Plant ProtectionDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2025
  5. Beard v. County of StanislausDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2022

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