Henningsen v. Stromberg

The facts in this case are simple. The law applicable is both elementary and fundamental. The principles which control are well established, commonly understood and almost universally accepted rules governing conveyancing.

The decree of the trial court, inter alia, adjudged that the respondent, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, “is the owner in fee simple of an undivided one-fourth (%) interest in and to the Frenchman No. 2 Quartz Lode Mining claim, designated by the Surveyor General as Lot or Survey No. 6518, embracing a portion of Section 11, in Township 3 North, Range 8 West, Montana…