Swanson v. Sears

Citations

• 224 U.S. 180
• 32 S. Ct. 455
• 56 L. Ed. 721
• 1912 U.S. LEXIS 2293

Syllabus

<p>A location and discovery on land withdrawn quoad hoc from the public domain by a valid and subsisting mining claim is absolutely void for the purpose of founding a contradictory right; nor does it become valid by reason of the subsequent failure of the right existing when it was filed.</p>