Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Elk Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1925No. 4548PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a decree dismissing a complaint in equity. It appears from the amended complaint that prior to June 27, 1916, the appellant opened and improved a coal mine on the southwest quarter of section 34, township 22 north, range 7 east W. M., and was in actual possession thereof. On the latter date he filed in the local land office a coal declaratory statement, claiming a preference right of entry under section 2348 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 4660). On July 23,1917, he filed his application to purchase, based on his preference…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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