Bradford v. Morrison

Citations

• 212 U.S. 389
• 29 S. Ct. 349
• 53 L. Ed. 564
• 1909 U.S. LEXIS 1821

Syllabus

<p>The title of a locator to a mining claim located under § 2322, Rev. Stat., is not only property, but property which, in addition to being sold, transferred and mortgaged, is also capable of being inherited without infringing the title of the United States.</p> <p>Under the laws of Arizona, in force at the time, real property upon which a judgment was a lien included mining' claims.</p> <p>Title to a mining claim acquired by sale under lien of judgment is subject to forfeiture if conditions subsequent, such as the doing of necessary work, are not performed.</p> <p>Black v. Elkhorn, 163 U. S. 445, holding that widow’s dower did not attach- under the law of Montana to the mining claim involved in that case, distinguished.</p>