Lane v. Cameron
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants, the Secretary of the Interior, and Commissioner of the General Land Office, from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, enjoining them from proceeding to determine the character of land covered by unpatented mining claims in which the complainant claimed an interest.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendants, the Secretary of the Interior, and Commissioner of the General Land Office, from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, enjoining them from proceeding to determine the character of land covered by unpatented mining claims in which the complainant claimed an interest. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a decree of the supreme court of the District restraining the Secretary of the Interior, Franklin X. Lane, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Clay Tallman, their successors in office,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
The method of initiating a miner’s right differs very materially from the requirements of a homestead entry. A mining claimant merely stakes out his location, files his claim in the office of the clerk of the county wherein the land is situated, and proves each year that he has done a certain amount of woi*k on the claim. By the filing of his claim he acquires what is known as a mining location, and is not required to file any paper in the Land Office unless and until he applies for a patent. See sections 2318 to 2348, Bev. Stat. Comp. Stat. 1913, secs. 4613-4660. But section 2320 declares…
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- Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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- Perego v. DodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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