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Show PLACER LOCATIONS GIVEN PRECEDENCE Washington. March 17. The supreme su-preme court today established a precedent prec-edent expected to be of far reaching importance in deiermlning th manner man-ner of locating phosphate lauds In denying a writ of certiorari in the case of the San Francisco Chemical company versus Duffleld H Jeffs, ihe court recognized as valid the placer locations as against lode locations, although the latter were duly filed more than two years prior While the decision primarily affects af-fects only the title to the claims In controversy located in Wyoming, the precedent established leads to the conclusion that as far as the courts are concerned the placer locations of phosphate lands are to be recognized I 1 both lower courts having held to the I opinion affirmed today Thousands of claims in Utah Wyoming, Wyo-ming, Idaho. Montana and Colorado have been located under both plar,M f and lode laws, and a bill to recognize recog-nize the prior filing, whether placet or lode, failed of enactment hv the I last congress Appeal for the writ was based on the assertion that the courts had no Might to classify the land, that this right was vested solely in the secretary secre-tary of ihe interior and the commit ; sioner of the general bn (ri( :,, that the deposit was properly locat-Bble locat-Bble as placer and not as lode, in any event. |