LEHIGH ZINC & IRON CO. v. BAMFORD

No. 8.

150 U.S. 665 (1893)

14 S.Ct. 219

37 L.Ed. 1215

LEHIGH ZINC AND IRON COMPANY, v. BAMFORD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 18, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sidney Ward for plaintiff in error.

Mr. L.A. Fuller, (with whom was Mr. M.L. Towns on the brief,) for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants requested the court to charge the jury that the plaintiffs could not recover rent for any particular year, unless it appeared that the ores mined on the leased property in that year, were sufficient, on the basis of the royalties stipulated, to amount to one thousand dollars; and that unless enough ore was found to enable the company...

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