Hoyt v. Russell
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORT OE MONTANA. Tbe case is stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
" This is an action to determine tbe right of tbe parties to the possession of certain mining ground situated in Lewis and Clark County, in the .Territory of Montana.. Tbe plaintiffs in. error, Hoyt and Gonn, defendants in tbe court below, allege that on tbe 13th day of May, 1873,-they discovered,a silver-bearing quartz lode in that county, which they named “Mammoth Lode,” and thibi proceeded to locate it by placing stakes ■ so as to. mark its extent; and that on .the 29th day of that month they filed in the recorder’s office of the county a notice or…
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