Clary v. Hazlitt

Citations

• 67 Cal. 286
• 7 P. 701
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 619

Syllabus

<p>United States Patent—Unauthorized Reservation is Void.—An unauthorized reservation or condition in a United States patent to land is void.</p> <p>Id.— Patent to Placer Claim—Reservation of Quartz Lode.'—Section 2333 of the United States Revised Statutes authorizes the reservation in a patent to a placer mining claim, of any vein or lode of quartz, or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits, claimed or known to exist within the boundaries of the placer claim at the date of the patent; and the patentee acquires no title or right of possession to such vein.</p> <p>Findings—Sufficiency of.—Findings of fact need not follow the language of the pleadings. If the truth or falsity of each material allegation not admitted can be deduced from the findings, the requirements of the Code are complied with.</p>