United States v. Trinidad Coal & Coking Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. This was a suit in equity by the United States against the Trinidad Coal and Coking Company, a corporation created under the laws of Colorado and engaged in the business of mining coal.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. This was a suit in equity by the United States against the Trinidad Coal and Coking Company, a corporation created under the laws of Colorado and engaged in the business of mining coal. The defendant held the legal title to six tracts of coal land within the Pueblo Land District, in the county of Las Animas, in that State, containing in the aggregate 954 and 34-Í00 acres, under conveyances executed to it by various individuals to be presently named, and to whom, respectively, patents were issued. The relief…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The patents in question were based upon entries made under sections 2347, 2348, 2350 and 2352 of the Revised Statutes, which embody substantially provisions in an act of Congress approved March 3, 1873, entitled “An act to provide for the Sale of the Lands of the United. States containing Coal.” 17 Stat. 607-8, c. 279. These sections are as follows:
“Sec. 2347. Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States, or who has declared his intention to become such, or any association of persons severally qualified- as above, shall, upon application to the…
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