Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of California
Subtitle: 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.
Contributors: Boggs, Biddle.; Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.; Field, Stephen Johnson, 1816-1899.; Merced Mining Co.
Publisher: Printed by Towne & Bacon
Published: 1861
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: 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
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Other titles: Biddle Boggs v. The Merced Mining Company; Moore v. Smaw, and Fremont v. Fowler
Notes: "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": p. [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": p. [30].