Hand v. Cook
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Lincoln County; George S. Brown, Judge. Action by Carlton H. Hand, et al., against John R. Cook, et al., to recover possession of certain mining lands and damages for ore extracted therefrom by defendants. From a judgment adverse to the defendants, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Lincoln County; George S. Brown, Judge. Action by Carlton H. Hand, et al., against John R. Cook, et al., to recover possession of certain mining lands and damages for ore extracted therefrom by defendants. From a judgment adverse to the defendants, defendants appeal. I. We assume the proposition will be universally admitted that every adult male citizen of the United States is presumably capable of acquiring title to any mineral deposits and lands mentioned in section 2319. The title to all public lands is…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, J.:
This is an action brought by the plaintiffs in the eourt below to recover possession of certain mining ground known as the "Triangle,” "Last Shange” and "Bellevue” mining claims, situate in the Ely Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, and damages for ore extracted therefrom by the defendants.
It is admitted by the defendants that the premises in controversy were on the 1st day of January, 1903, valid and subsisting mining claims, and the property of the plaintiffs and the defendant Lynch. It was admitted that plaintiffs failed to perform on the ground in…
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