2015 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining (Sections 1 - 2006)
Chapter 2 - Mineral Lands and Regulations in General (Sections 21 - 54)
Sec. 53 - Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2 - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 53 - Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title
Containssection 53
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditR.S. §910.
Statutes at Large References13 Stat. 441
62 Stat. 869

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30 U.S.C. § 53 (2015)
§53. Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title

No possessory action between persons, in any court of the United States, for the recovery of any mining title, or for damages to any such title, shall be affected by the fact that the paramount title to the land in which such mines lie is in the United States; but each case shall be adjudged by the law of possession.

(R.S. §910.)

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R.S. §910 derived from act Feb. 27, 1865, ch. 64, §9, 13 Stat. 441.

Section was formerly classified to section 690 of Title 28 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §1, 62 Stat. 869.

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