General
CHILE GOLD-MIN. CO. et al. v. BOSTON & M. CONSOL. COPPER & SILVER MIN. CO.
93 F. 987·United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit·1899
Before GILBERT, ROSS, and MORROW, Circuit Judges.
Brief incoming
Hand-reviewed Bluebook brief (procedural posture, facts, issue, holding, reasoning, dissent) ships once the AI generation pipeline runs through this case. Join the waitlist to get notified when 1L briefs go live.
Opinion
CHILE GOLD-MIN. CO. et al. v. BOSTON & M. CONSOL. COPPER & SILVER MIN. CO.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
February 13, 1899.)
No. 461.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Montana.
Stapleton & Stapleton, for appellants.
Louis Marshall and John F. Forbis, for appellee.
Before GILBERT, ROSS, and MORROW, Circuit Judges.
[MAJORITY — GILBERT, Circuit Judge.]
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
This suit relates to the property which was the subject of the controversy in the case of Montana Ore-Purchasing Co. v. Boston & M. C. C. & S. Min. Co., 93 Fed. 274. It is admitted that the allegations of the hill are identical with those of the bill in that case, and that tne questions involved are the same. Upon the reasoning and the authorities cited in that case, the objection to the jurisdiction in the present case must be sustained. It is suggested that this court cannot go further than to order the dismissal of the appeal, since the question of the jurisdiction only is involved. The record shows, however, that the appeal was taken upon the merits also. The cause will be remanded, with Instructions to dismiss the bilL