Armstrong v. Lower

This is an action brought in pursuance of an adverse claim, filed in the United States land office, to determine the right of possession of the premises in conflict. It was tried in the court below prior to the passage of the act o£ congress approved March 3,1881, and therefore the changes introduced by that act, in the proof required, have no application to this case.

Appellees’ rights were acquired by virtue of an alleged relocation of an abandoned claim. Both the abandoned and relocated claims are known as the “Swallow Tail” lode or location, and are identical in territory. Appellants, who…