Legal Opinion

McKinley Creek Mining Co. v. Alaska United Mining Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 6, 1902No. 37PublishedCited by 33 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. - This is a bill in equity brought by the appellee company, - who was plaintiff below, to establish title to two placer mining claims, against a like claim of appellant company to the same ground. The bill alleged that “Peter Hall, William A. Chisholm, James Hanson, John Dalton and Dan.

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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. - This is a bill in equity brought by the appellee company, - who was plaintiff below, to establish title to two placer mining claims, against a like claim of appellant company to the same ground. The bill alleged that “Peter Hall, William A. Chisholm, James Hanson, John Dalton and Dan. Sutherland, partners under the firm name and style of the Alaska United Mining Company, bring this their bill of complaint against C. G. Lewis, Bert Woodin, Edwin Hackley, Alex. McConaghy, Carl A. West, W. S. Hawes, Chas. P.…

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice McKenna,

after stating the case; delivered the opinion of the court.

The assignments of error present for review the rulings of th& court upon, the admission of testimony, the correctness of the court’s instructions to the jury and the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the judgment.

We may dispose of the rulings on the admission of testimony summarily. They are not precisely indicated by counsel in their, brief, and to review them with a detail of the evidence would unduly extend this opinion. It is enough to say that we have examined the evidence and considered the rulings, and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Belk v. MeagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Forbes v. GraceySupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Gwillim v. DonnellanSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  4. Manuel v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Haws v. Victoria Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. S. H. P. Vevelstad, William L. Pape, and Aurora Nickel Company, a Corporation v. E. Miles FlynnCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
  2. Bourjois, Inc. v. McGowanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
  3. Shea v. NilimaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1904
  4. Riverside Sand & Cement Manufacturing Co. v. HardwickNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Kern Oil Co. v. CrawfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904

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