perfected mining claim
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 280 U.S. 306 - Wilbur v. United States ex rel. Krushnic · 1930Most cited · 242 citing opinions
When the location of a mining claim is perfected under the law, it has the effect of a grant by the United States of the right of present and exclusive possession. The claim is property in the fullest sense of that term; and may be sold, transferred, mortgaged, and inherited without infringing any right or title of the United States.
How often courts cite the case defining “perfected mining claim”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “perfected mining claim” — 242 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.