Giberson v. Tuolumne Copper Mining Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Geo. B. Winston, Judge. Action by Allen Giberson and others against the Tuolumne Copper Mining Company. Prom a judgment in favor of plaintiffs and an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
On May -20, 1908, the Tuolumne Copper Mining Company made application in the United States Land Office at Helena for patent to the Smoky Moke quartz lode mining claim. Within sixty days from the date of’ the first publication of the notice of application, these respondents filed in the land office their adverse, claiming a portion of the ground under their location of the Merrimae quartz lode mining claim. The adverse was allowed, and within thirty days thereafter this suit was brought to determine which, if either, of the parties was entitled to patent to the area in dispute, Issues having…
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