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.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
act Feb. 27, 1865, ch. 64, § 913 Stat. 441R.S. § 910 derived from , .
section 690 of Title 28act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 162 Stat. 869Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, by , .