§ 53. — Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC53]
TITLE 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
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. Sec. 910.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 910 derived from act Feb. 27, 1865, ch. 64, Sec. 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, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 869.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 16 section 460mm-1.
