O'REILLY v. CAMPBELL


116 U.S. 418 (1886)

O'REILLY & Another v. CAMPBELL & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.G. Sutherland and Mr. John R. McBride for appellants submitted on their brief.

Mr. Samuel Shellabarger for appellees argued the question of jurisdiction; and on the merits submitted on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was commenced in one of the District Courts of Utah, and arose as follows:

The defendants, the owners of mining land in that Territory known as the Omaha Lode, filed in 1877 a survey and plat of it in the land office at Salt Lake City, and applied for a patent thereof under section 2325 of the Revised Statutes. The plaintiffs are the owners of adjacent mining ground known as the Highland Boy...

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