Round Mountain Mining Co. v. Round Mountain Sphinx Mining Co.
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the Seventh Judicial District Court, Esmeralda County; Theron Stevens, Judge. Action by the Round Mountain Mining Company and others against the Round Mountain. Sphinx Mining Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. A certificate of location, or notice of location, in and of itself, is no evidence whatever of the fact of discovery.
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Appeal from the Seventh Judicial District Court, Esmeralda County; Theron Stevens, Judge. Action by the Round Mountain Mining Company and others against the Round Mountain. Sphinx Mining Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. A certificate of location, or notice of location, in and of itself, is no evidence whatever of the fact of discovery. Any statement that might be found therein as to date of discovery, or any mention therein contained of a discovery, is but the ex parte statement of the party writing it. (Smith v.…
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the respondents in an action to quiet title in the plaintiff, appellant herein, to the Los Gazabo lode mining claim. *413The Round Mountain Red Top Mining Company and John F. Davidson, defendants in the court below, are not affected by the questions raised by the appeal in this case. The complaint, among other matters, alleges: “That, under and by virtue of a patent from the United States therefor, the plaintiff is the owner, and for a long time past has been and now is in the possession and entitled to the possession of the Los Gazabo lode, mining…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Belk v. MeagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Gwillim v. DonnellanSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Lawson v. United States Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Mining Co. v. TarbetSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Armstrong v. LowerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1882
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Friendly v. LarsenNevada Supreme Court · 1944
- Round Mountain Mining Co. v. Round Mountain Sphinx Mining Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1913