SILVER KING COALITION MINES CO. v. CONKLING MINING CO.

No. 158.

256 U.S. 18 (1921)

SILVER KING COALITION MINES COMPANY v. CONKLING MINING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1921.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William D. McHugh, Mr. William W. Ray, Mr. William H. King and Mr. Francis B. Critchlow, in support of the petition.

Mr. Thomas Marioneaux, Mr. W.H. Dickson, Mr. A.C. Ellis, Jr., and Mr. R.G. Lucas against the petition.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit brought by the respondent to establish its right to a large body of ore found within the lines of the respondent's patent as it construed that document. The main contest concerned the southwesterly 135.5 feet of the patent as laid out by courses and distances, from which was taken the main body of the ore. At the argument the petitioner's statement was that...

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