Elder v. Wood
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. The facts, which involve the right of a State to tax the possessory right in unpatented mining claims, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moody
■The plaintiff in error brought this action in a District Court of the State of Colorado to recover from the defendants in error the possession of an undivided interest in the Comstock Lode mining claim, situated in that State. Both parties claimed-title under Wilhelmina Gude, who was agreed to have been the owner of the interest in dispute; the defendants under a sale for taxes assessed upon her interest, made August 5, 1889, and a deed in pursuance of the sale made August 8, 1892, and recorded August 11, 1892; the plaintiffs under a quitclaim deed of her interest made April 5, 1894,' and…
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