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Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of California : upon the questions, 1st. Whether there is any general license from the United States to enter upon the public lands in California and extract the precious metals, 2d. Whether a patent from the United States, issued upon a confirmation of claims under grants of land in California of the former Mexican government, passes to the patentee the ownership of the precious metals which the land may contain : Biddle Boggs v. The Merced Mining Company, Moore v. Smaw, and Fremont v. Fowler.

Title
Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of California : upon the questions, 1st. Whether there is any general license from the United States to enter upon the public lands in California and extract the precious metals, 2d. Whether a patent from the United States, issued upon a confirmation of claims under grants of land in California of the former Mexican government, passes to the patentee the ownership of the precious metals which the land may contain : Biddle Boggs v. The Merced Mining Company, Moore v. Smaw, and Fremont v. Fowler.
Author
California. Supreme Court.
Publication
  • [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1861?]
  • San Francisco : Printed by Towne & Bacon, book and job printers, [1861?]

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Additional Authors
  • Boggs, Biddle
  • Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
  • Field, Stephen J. (Stephen Johnson), 1816-1899
  • Merced Mining Co., plaintiff.
Description
1 online resource (47 pages).
Series Statement
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Uniform Title
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
Alternative Title
  • Biddle Boggs v. The Merced Mining Company
  • Moore v. Smaw, and Fremont v. Fowler
Subject
  • Boggs, Biddle > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Merced Mining Co. > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Trials (Trespass) > California
  • Ejectment > California
  • Mineral industries > California
Note
  • "The following is the opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Biddle Boggs v. The Merced Mining Company, decided at the October Term, 1859. The opinion was delivered by Chief Justice Field - Mr. Justice Cope concurring": page [3]; "The following is the opinion of the Supreme Court in the cases of Moore v. Smaw and Fremont v. Fowler, decided at the January Term, 1861. The opinion was delivered by Chief Justice Field, both of the Associate Justices concurring with him": page [30].
  • Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
OCLC
  • 937011607
  • CPPC00743
Author
California. Supreme Court.
Title
Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of California : upon the questions, 1st. Whether there is any general license from the United States to enter upon the public lands in California and extract the precious metals, 2d. Whether a patent from the United States, issued upon a confirmation of claims under grants of land in California of the former Mexican government, passes to the patentee the ownership of the precious metals which the land may contain : Biddle Boggs v. The Merced Mining Company, Moore v. Smaw, and Fremont v. Fowler.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1861?]
Manufacturer
San Francisco : Printed by Towne & Bacon, book and job printers, [1861?]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
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Full text available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Boggs, Biddle, plaintiff.
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, plaintiff.
Field, Stephen J. (Stephen Johnson), 1816-1899, plaintiff.
Merced Mining Co., plaintiff.
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