Kendall v. San Juan Silver Mining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE COLORADO. This action was brought in a District Court of Colorado to recover possession of a tract of mineral land, a part of what was known as the “ Bear Lode.” The plaintiffs claimed under a location made September 3, 1872. The land so located was at that time within the territory reserved for the use and occupancy of the Ute Indians.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE COLORADO. This action was brought in a District Court of Colorado to recover possession of a tract of mineral land, a part of what was known as the “ Bear Lode.” The plaintiffs claimed under a location made September 3, 1872. The land so located was at that time within the territory reserved for the use and occupancy of the Ute Indians. The Indian title was extinguished in March, 1874, and the defendant claimed under a location made August 29, 1874. The case was submitted on .the pleadings and the following stipulation. “ The following stipulation is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The defendant, a corporation 'organized and existing under the laws of Colorado, in October, 1880, applied to the proper land office in that State for a mineral patent for a lode claim known as the Titusville lode, in San Juan County, which, was fifteen hundred feet in length by three hundred feet in width. Within the time prescribed by' statute, and during the month, the .appellants here, Kendall and others, filed in the same land office an adverse claim for a portion of the premises, of which the defendant desired to obtain a patent, asserting a prior and superior right to the same, as part…
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