Thomas v. South Butte Mining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Suit by the South Butte Mining Company against Thomas D. Thomas. Judgment for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The appellee brought a suit against the appellant to quiet its title to certain placer claims in the state of Montana. The appellant answered and filed a cross-bill, alleging that within the boundaries of the patent claims he had located the Resurrection quartz lode mining claim; that the placer patents under which the appellee claimed excepted and reserved veins or lodes of quartz or rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead_, tin, copper, etc., which were known to exist within the.lands described in the placer patents at the date, of the applications…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Mike & Starr Gold & Silver Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Strepey v. StarkSupreme Court of Colorado · 1884
- Migeon v. Montana Cent. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1896
- Bismark Mountain Gold Mining Co. v. North Sunbeam Gold Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1908
- Sullivan v. Iron Silver Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
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