Wolverton v. Nichols
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREMB COÜRT OE THE TERRITORY OF MONTANA. This was a suit instituted under tbe provisions of §§ 2325, 2326, Rev. Stat. to determine adverse claims to mineral lands. Tbe case is stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
debvered tbe opinion of tbe court.
This is a writ of error to tbe Supreme Court of tbe Territory of Montana. Tbe suit was brought in tbe District Court of that Territory to settle the controverted right to a patent from the United States-for a placer mine, under §§ 2325 and 2326 of the Bevised Statutes of the United States. It is therein enacted that a person who has located and set up a claim for mineral lands, and who desires to get a patent for it, shall file in the proper land office an application for such patent, showing a compliance with the laws on that subject, and a plat and…
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