IRON SILVER MINING CO. v. CHEESMAN


116 U.S. 529 (1886)

IRON SILVER MINING COMPANY v. CHEESMAN & Another.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 25, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter H. Smith and Mr. G.G. Symes for plaintiff in error.

Mr. C.S. Thomas for defendants in error. Mr. T.M. Patterson was with him on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The Iron Silver Mining Company brought its suit in the nature of an action of ejectment against Walter S. Cheesman, Walter S. Clarke, and Thomas Bennett, to recover possession of a part of a vein or lode of mineral deposit, the right to which it asserted under a patent from the United States. The action was commenced in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District...

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