Gray v. Quicksilver Min. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Bill by Jane M. Gray and others against the Quicksilver Mining Company for a decree declaring defendant to be a trustee for plaintiffs of certain mining property.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKENNA, Circuit Judge
(orally). This is an action to declare defendant trustee of the plaintiffs, or the estate of their intestate, of certain mines and minerals situate on the Sancho De Los Capitan-cillos (what is known as the “Almadén Mine’’). Both plaintiffs and defendant claim from the Mexican government, through a grant by the latter to one Justo Barios, which grant was patented by the United States in the name of Charles Fossatt, by patent dated February 3, 1865. The patent to the mines and minerals became separated from the title to the land, or was attempted to be separated, by Grove O. Cook, grantee of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boyd v. BlankmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
- Clark v. Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Herndon v. Heirs of KuykendallTexas Supreme Court · 1883
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