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HOYT v. RUSSELL

117 U.S. 401 (1886)

HOYT & Another v. RUSSELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Chumasero for plaintiffs in error submitted on his brief.

No appearance for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to determine the right of the parties to the possession of certain mining ground situated in Lewis and Clark County, in the Territory of Montana. The plaintiffs in error, Hoyt and Gonn, defendants in the court below, allege that on the 13th day of May, 1873, they discovered a silver-bearing quartz lode in that county, which they named "Mammoth Lode," and then proceeded to locate it by placing...

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