Legal Opinion
Mining Company v. Boggs
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 18, 1866PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
70 U.S. 304
18 L.Ed. 245
3 Wall. 304
MINING COMPANY
v.
BOGGS.
December Term, 1865
BOGGS, lessee of Fr emont, brought a suit in one of the inferior State courts of California against the Merced Mining Company, for the possession of certain mineral lands, with the mines therein, situated in Mariposa County.
The case, according to a frequent practice in the courts just named, was submitted to the court, both as to matters of fact and matters of law, without a jury. The recovery was resisted on several grounds. Among them was possession of the land—prior to any claim of the lessor of Boggs—'according to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Green v. Van BuskerkSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Farney v. TowleSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Mining Co. v. BoggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
3Cited by6 opinions
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Republican River Bridge Co. v. Kansas Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Snell v. DwightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Merced Dredging Co. v. Merced CountyDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1946
- Crary v. DevlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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