Ritter v. Lynch

(orally). This is an action of ejectment to recover the possession of 20 acres of land situate within the corporate limits of Virginia City, in Storey county, Nev., described by metes and bounds, and alleged in the complaint to be known and. designated as the “Tailings Placer Mining Claim.” The parties having waived a jury trial, the case was tried before the court.

The contention of the plaintiff is that the land was open, unoccupied mineral land of the United States on May 7, 1892, and that on said day he duly located the same as a placer mining claim, and thereafter complied with all the…