CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO.

v.

SAME.

No. 561.

MESABA-CLIFFS IRON MINING CO.

v.

SAME.

No. 562.

BENNETT MINING CO. et al.

v.

SAME.

No. 563. REPUBLIC IRON & STEEL CO. et al.

v.

SAME.

No. 564.

BIWABIK MINING CO. et al.

v.

SAME.

No. 565.

INTERSTATE IRON CO.

v.

SAME.

No. 566.

Argued Dec. 6 and 7, 1922.

Decided May 7, 1923.

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Mr. C. A. Severance, of St. Paul, Minn., for appellant Oliver Iron mining co.

Mr. H. J. Grannis, of Duluth, Minn., for appellants Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. and Mesaba-Cliffs Iron Mining Co.

Messrs. Oscar Mitchell and Wm. D. Bailey, both of Duluth, Minn., for appellants Bennett Mining Co. and others and Republic Iron & Steel Co. and others.

Mr. E. W. MacPherran, of Duluth, Minn., for appellants Biwabik Mining Co. and others and Interstate Iron Co.

Messrs. Egbert S. Oakley and Patrick J. Ryan, both of St. Paul, Minn., for appellees.

Mr. Justice VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.