Gropper v. King

This is an action to determine the right to the possession of _ certain placer mining grounds situate in Silver Bow county. The defendant, claiming the ground in question to be unoccupied and. unexplored mineral lands of the United States, entered upon and located the same in pursuance of the act of congress of May 10, 1872, and applied for a patent therefor, whereupon the plaintiffs filed their protest and adverse claim, and brought this action under the law to have determined the right of possession to the property.

The cause was tried to the court and the following are the findings of fact:

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