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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Chapter 2 — Mineral Lands and Regulations in General

§ 32. Findings by jury; costs

Statutory text

If, in any action brought pursuant to section 30 of this title, title to the ground in controversy shall not be established by either party, the jury shall so find, and judgment shall be entered according to the verdict. In such case costs shall not be allowed to either party, and the claimant shall not proceed in the land office or be entitled to a patent for the ground in controversy until he shall have perfected his title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 46–140 · 21 Stat. 505

    Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 32

    (Mar. 3, 1881, ch. 140, 21 Stat. 505.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 3, 1881, ch. 140, 21 Stat. 505.)

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Credits

(Mar. 3, 1881, ch. 140, 21 Stat. 505.)

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