Legal Opinion
Credo Mining & Smelting Co. v. Highland Min. & Mill. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
Decided August 4, 1899PublishedCited by 1 opinion
This was a suit in aid of a contest of an application for a patent to a mining claim by the owners of a conflicting location.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
The complainant claims to be the owner and to be in possession of a quartz-mining claim, called the “Wee Fraction Lode and Mining Claim,” situated in the Newport mining district, Stevens county, state of Washington, which mine was located on the 31st day of October, 1897. The notice of location of said mining claim, as recorded by the county auditor of Stevens county and the recorder of the Newport mining district, is as follows:
“Notice of Quartz Location.
“We, the undersigned, having complied with the local and federal laws, have this day located and do claim fifteen…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hammer v. Garfield Mining & Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
3Cited by1 opinion
- J. E. Riley Inv. Co. v. SakowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940