Legal Opinion

Keystone Manganese & Iron Co. v. Martin

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 11, 1889No. 51PublishedCited by 60 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. In equity. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford

This is a suit in equity, brought in the Circuit Court- of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas, by Matt Martin against The Keystone Manganese and Iron Company.

The bill alleges that the plaintiff, owning a piece of land in Independence County, Arkansas, conveyed it, in June, 1853, with other lands, to one Smith and his heirs forever, subject to the condition that Martin retained to his heirs, representatives and assigns “ a perpetual and- unlimited right in fee to all the stones and minerals that may be in or upon said lands, and full and unquestioned power and right to…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Forgay v. ConradSupreme Court of the United States · 1848
  2. WHITING v. the Bank of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  3. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. Bostwick v. BrinkerhoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  5. Grant v. Phoenix Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882

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3Cited by60 opinions

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  4. McGourkey v. Toledo & Ohio Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Smith v. Vulcan Iron WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

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