SILVER EAGLE MINING CO. v. STATE

No. 38059.

280 P.3d 679 (2012)

SILVER EAGLE MINING COMPANY, (as successor-in-interest to Aberdeen Idaho Mining Company), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Idaho, and its successors and assigns; John Does I-X, and their heirs, successors, and assigns; and Unknown Owners and Unknown Claimants, and their heirs, successors, and assigns, and any other person claiming any title, right, interest, or equity in the following described property location in the County of Shoshone, State of Idaho, to wit: (see file for complete description of property), Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, April 2012 Term.

June 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Magnuson , Coeur d'Alene, for appellant.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden , Attorney General, Boise, for respondents. Steven Schuster argued.


HORTON, Justice.

This matter arises out of a dispute between Silver Eagle Mining Co. (Silver Eagle) and the State of Idaho (State) regarding ownership of property in Shoshone County on which Silver Eagle had located sixteen mining claims. After Silver Eagle filed an action against the State of Idaho (State) to quiet title in the mining claims, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the State on the ground of claim preclusion because the Department...

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