Legal Opinion

Reynolds v. Iron Silver Mining Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 1, 1886No. 843PublishedCited by 53 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ' FOR- THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the District of Colorado, which brings here for review a judgment of that court in an action to recover possession of a part of a vein or lode of mineral deposit.

The plaintiff below, the Iron Silver Mining Company, alleges that it was the owner of one hundred and ninety-three and -fVV aeres • of land, conveyed by the United States by patent to its grantors, and seeks to recover of defendants a part of the land thus patented. It is described in the petition as mining land and a mining claim. The patent under which plaintiff claims, which was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Smelting Co. v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1882

3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Doolan v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Noyes v. MantleSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway & Iron Co. v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Sullivan v. Iron Silver Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Ames v. Empire Star Mines Co., Ltd.California Supreme Court · 1941

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