United States v. Marshall Silver Mining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. IN equity. The bill was filed by the Attorney General of the United States to vacate letters patent for a tract of mineral land in Colorado. The case was reached on the calendar, October 12,1888, when Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury stated to the court, that the United States had no interest in the suit, and did not prosecute the appeal.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. IN equity. The bill was filed by the Attorney General of the United States to vacate letters patent for a tract of mineral land in Colorado. The case was reached on the calendar, October 12,1888, when Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury stated to the court, that the United States had no interest in the suit, and did not prosecute the appeal. Mr. Simon Sterne, on behalf of the appellees, then moved in open court to dismiss the appeal. Mr. James K. Ileddington appeared for parties claiming a portion of the same…
1Opinion of the Court
. Mb. Justice Millek
delivered the opinion of the court.
The case before us originated in a bill in equity brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado, in the name' of the United States of America, by its Attorney General,-and the District Attorney of the United States for that district, against the Marshall Silver Mining Company and the Colorado Central. Consolidated Mining Company, defendants.
The purpose of the bill was to set aside and vacate a patent issued by the government to the Marshall Silver Mining Company, for a vein or lode of mineral deposit,…
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