adverse mining suit
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 201 U.S. 184 - Frank Cole Brown v. Charles Duncan Gurney No 97 Josiah Appleton Small · 1906Most cited · 67 citing opinions
burden of proof
in adverse proceedings each party is practically a plaintiff and must show his title. ... if, in an adverse suit, 'title to the ground in controversy shall not be established by either party, the jury shall so find, and judgment shall be entered according to the verdict.' Under that act ... before the applicant for a patent can have judgment, he must prove his claim of title to the ground.
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