Legal Opinion
State v. Hatch
Utah Supreme Court
Decided August 4, 1959No. 8937PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDonough, justice.
This is an action by the state of Utah to quiet title to the mineral rights in certain lands in Garfield County. Defendants counterclaimed, asserting both surface and mineral rights and asked that title be quieted in them. The lower court ruled for the defendants and the state appeals.
The lands involved in this case were originally granted to the state of Utah by virtue of Section 6 of the Utah Enabling Act. This act granted to the state of Utah, upon admission into the Union, “sections numbered two, sixteen, thirty-two, and thirty-six in every township of said proposed…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Knight v. United States Land Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Heydenfeldt v. Daney Gold and Silver Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Sherman v. BuickSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- West v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Norville v. State Tax CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Wells v. MarcusUtah Supreme Court · 1971
- State of Wyoming and the Richfield Oil Corporation, a Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. 3.08 Acres of LandDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1962
- State v. HatchUtah Supreme Court · 1959