Black v. Elkhorn Mining Co.

Citations

• 163 U.S. 445
• 16 S. Ct. 1101
• 41 L. Ed. 221
• 1896 U.S. LEXIS 2280

Syllabus

<p>A locator of an unpatented mining claim under the laws of the United States, having only the possessory rights conferred by those laws, has not such an interest in the property as will sustain a claim for dower therein, against the grantee of the husband.</p>