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LAWSON v. UNITED STATES MINING CO.

No. 2.

207 U.S. 1 (1907)

LAWSON v. UNITED STATES MINING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 21, 1907.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles J. Hughes, Jr., with whom Mr. Ogden Hiles and Mr. Charles C. Dey were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. William H. Dickson, with whom Mr. George Sutherland, Mr. A.C. Ellis, Mr. A.C. Ellis, Jr., Mr. E.M. Allison and Mr. Waldemar Van Cott were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The first question is, whether the plaintiff can maintain this suit in equity without a prior adjudication in an action at law of its legal title. The bill alleges ownership and possession. It supported this allegation by patents from the United States of the first four claims mentioned in the bill, and proved that the defendants were...

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