Douglass v. Byrnes
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada
Petition by J. M. Douglass and the G-oodman Gold & Silver Mining Company to condemn a right of way for a tunnel through certain mining ground in which defendants claim an interest.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge,
(orally.) The Goodman Gold & Silver Mining Company, a corporation organized and existing under the *30laws of the state of Nevada, is the owner of the patented mining claim and mining ground, situate in the Devil’s Gate and Chinatown mining district, known as the “Goodman Mine.” J. M. Douglass is the owner and holder of a controlling interest of the capital stock of said corporation, and now is, and for two years last past has been, engaged in working the Goodman mine for his own benefit, in his own individual interest, at his sole expense and outlay, with the knowledge…
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- Matter of Petition of N.Y., L. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
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