Legal Opinion

Doe v. Waterloo Min. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided November 8, 1895No. 145PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. This was a suit commenced by John S. Doe against the Waterloo Mining Company, pursuant to Rev. St. §§ 2325, 2326, to determine the right of possession of mining lands for which conflicting applications for patents had been filed. A demurrer to the complaint was overruled (43 Fed. 219), and a decree was rendered for the defendant (55 Fed. 11). Complainant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

KNOWLES, District Judge.

The Waterloo Mining Company, on the 12th day of September, 1889, made an application at the United States land office at Los Angeles, Cal., for a patent for the Red Jacket quartz lode mining claim. John S. Doe, the appellant in this case, within 60 days thereafter, — *the time allowed by law, — filed in said land office his adverse claim to the claim made in the application of said company, in which he, the said Doe, claimed to be the owner of a portion of the premises described in said application as the *457“Red Jacket Lode Claim,” and which, portion he claimed to he the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. United States v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Muller v. DowsSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  3. Book v. Justice Min. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1893
  4. Erhardt v. BoaroSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  5. Manuel v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Walton v. Wild Goose Mining & Trading Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1903
  2. Tubbs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
  3. Shoshone Min. Co. v. RutterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1898
  4. Bernier v. AndersonIdaho Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Lavagnino v. UhligUtah Supreme Court · 1903

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