SPARKS v. PIERCE


115 U.S. 408 (1885)

SPARKS & Another v. PIERCE & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 16, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.C. Moody for appellants.

Mr. J.W. Smith for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the language above reported, and continued:

This case, as seen by the pleadings stated, is in its main features similar to that of Deffeback v. Hawke, just decided, ante, 392. The plaintiffs here, as in that case, rely upon a patent of the United States for the land in controversy, issued under the laws for the sale of mineral...

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