Legal Opinion

Van Ness v. Rooney

California Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 1911No. Sac. No. 1766PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Trinity-County refusing a new trial. J ames W. Bartlett, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtLori Gan, J.

This action was brought by plaintiff against defendants to quiet his title to a quartz mining claim known as the “Five Pines Mine” located in Trinity County, and for an injunction restraining defendants from trespassing on or extracting ore therefrom. Plaintiff proved a valid location of the mine by one Edwin Baker on August 26, 1895, and a conveyance by said locator to plaintiff; that the claim consisted of a piece of land fifteen hundred feet long by six hundred feet wide located partly in section 20 and partly in section 29, township 35 north, range 7 west, M. D. M., about half the surface…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Smelting Co. v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  3. Wright v. RoseberrySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. Davis's Administrator v. WeibboldSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  5. Reynolds v. Iron Silver Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Dredge Corp. v. Husite Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Hunt v. PlavsaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
  3. United States v. Standard Oil Company of CaliforniaDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1937
  4. Ames v. Empire Star Mines Co., Ltd.California Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Brown v. LuddyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932

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