MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.
The Supreme Court of Montana recognized the settled rule that an alien may take and hold land by purchase until office found, and that, if the alien become a citizen before his alienage has been adjudged, the act of naturalization takes effect by relation; but held that "possessory rights to mining claims on the public domain of the United States," although "endowed with the qualities of real estate to a...
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