Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Tillman v. Coosaw Min. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina
Decided April 21, 1891PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtSlmonton, J.
The summons and complaint in this case were filed in the office of the clerk of Beaufort county in South Carolina on 23d March, 1891. The complaint sets forth the ownership by the state of the beds of Goosaw river, including that part of it which “lies opposite to and south of Chisolm’s island,” and in the phosphate and phosphalic deposits therein. That the Coosaw Mining Company, a joint-stock company, claims a perpetual grant to all such deposits in that part of Coosaw river, and the exclusive right to mine the same, which claim relators deny. That, notwithstanding such denial, the Goosaw…
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