Chambers v. Harrington
Supreme Court of the United States
AEPEAL EROM THE SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OE UTAH. The defendants in error as plaintiffs brought suit in the District Court for the Third Judicial District of the Territory of Utah, under § 2326 Rev. Stat., to have adverse claims to patents for mineral lands determined. Judgment for plaintiffs there, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Territory on appeal. The defendants appealed to this court from the judgment of the Supreme Court.
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AEPEAL EROM THE SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OE UTAH. The defendants in error as plaintiffs brought suit in the District Court for the Third Judicial District of the Territory of Utah, under § 2326 Rev. Stat., to have adverse claims to patents for mineral lands determined. Judgment for plaintiffs there, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Territory on appeal. The defendants appealed to this court from the judgment of the Supreme Court. The facts making the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered the opmion of the court.
This is an appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah.
The case has its origin in a proceeding under §§ 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes, to obtain a patent for mineral lands of the United States.
The first of these sections requires that, after a discovery of a mine or lode, and the steps required to mark out and assert a claim to it, if the discoverer desires a patent, he shall give notice of that fact, by a publication for sixty days, the nature of which is such as to call the attention to the proceeding of any Qne having an adverse claim. §…
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