Legal Opinion

Campbell v. Rankin

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 21, 1879No. 193PublishedCited by 67 opinions

Error to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

The declaration avers that plaintiffs below, who are also plaintiffs in • error, were the owners of a mining claim in Meagher County, known as Claim No. 2 below discovery, in Green Horn Gulch, and that defendant wrongfully entered upon and took possession of a portion of said claim, and took and carried away large quantities of gold-bearing earth and gold-dust, the property of plaintiffs, of the value of $15,000.

' The answer amounts to a general denial of all the averments' ' of the complaint.

Bills of exception taken on the trial show that plaintiffs offered in evidence the record of a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Washington, Alexandria, & Georgetown Steam-Packet Co. v. SicklesSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
  3. Miles v. CaldwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
  4. Attwood & Walker v. FricotCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860

3Cited by67 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. New Orleans v. Citizens' BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. Last Chance Mining Co. v. Tyler Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. People v. GermanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  5. Haws v. Victoria Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895

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