United States v. Parrott
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
The bill in this ease is filed for an injunction, and the appointment of a receiver. The object is to restrain the working of a quicksilver mine, known as the “New Almadén,” of the alleged value of $25,000,000 and from which defendants are extracting minerals to the annual value of $1,000,000. It alleges that the title under which defendants claim to hold possession, is derived from the Mexican government, and that the same, independently of all other defects, is forged and…
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The bill in this ease is filed for an injunction, and the appointment of a receiver. The object is to restrain the working of a quicksilver mine, known as the “New Almadén,” of the alleged value of $25,000,000 and from which defendants are extracting minerals to the annual value of $1,000,000. It alleges that the title under which defendants claim to hold possession, is derived from the Mexican government, and that the same, independently of all other defects, is forged and ante-dated. That defendants have, through one Andres Castillero, in their own behalf, petitioned the board of…
1Opinion of the Court
McALLISTER. District Judge.
The magnitude of the interests involved, the novelty of this case in some of its features, the fact that the documentary title on which the defendants to a certain extent rely, was obtained from Mexico pending the war between that country and this, a few weeks prior to the occupation of this country by the American forces, the allegation that such documentary title was procured by a conspiracy to defraud the United States and was forged and ante-dated,—are circumstances which have invested this case with no ordinary interest outside these walls. That interest has…
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