Hot Springs Coal Co. v. Miller

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

The McPherson Oil Company, a Delaware corporation, Hot Springs Coal Company, an Illinois corporation, and others, filed their bill of complaint against Albert C. Miller in the District Court of the United States for the District of Wyoming. The parties will be referred to herein as they appeared in the court below.

Plaintiffs in their bill of complaint sought to establish title and ownership in themselves to a coal mining lease and certain coal mining permits covering government lands in Wyoming. The bill charged that the lease and permits were issued and taken in the…