Real De Dolores Del Oro v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition filed by the town of Real de Dolores del Oro and Guadalupe Montoya against the United States, the New Mexico Mining Company, and a large number of other defendants, for the confirmation of a tract of land containing four square leagues, having for its centre the centre of the old Real de Dolores del Oro — being the church situated therein — with a prayer that the tract may be confirmed to the town, or to the…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition filed by the town of Real de Dolores del Oro and Guadalupe Montoya against the United States, the New Mexico Mining Company, and a large number of other defendants, for the confirmation of a tract of land containing four square leagues, having for its centre the centre of the old Real de Dolores del Oro — being the church situated therein — with a prayer that the tract may be confirmed to the town, or to the petitioner Montoya in his own right, and in trust for the benefit of the other owners of lands within its limits. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
As it appears in this case that these lands were within the limits of the Ortiz Mine, grant — which had been confirmed by Congress, and a patent therefor issued to the principal defendant — it follows, without adverting to other defences, that under the opinion in United States v. Conway, just decided, the claim was properly rejected.
Nor can the petition be sustained for an indemnity under section fourteen of the Private Land'Claim act, as no such claim is made by the petition. We are also of opinion that section 14 of the act of March 3, 1891, c. 539, 26 Stat. 854, (printed in full in…
2Cited by1 opinion
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