Bell v Baker - [1934] NZLR 554

Mining — "Right of priority" — Owner prospecting his own Land — Application by him for a Special Alluvial Claim — Prior Grants of Ordinary Prospecting Licenses over Land to Objectors to his Application — Application by Objectors for Resumption of Land — Whether Holders of Prospecting Licenses had "right in priority" to owner of Land as Applicant for Alluvial Claim — Whether any Right of Resumption — Warden's Discretion — Mining Act, 1926, ss 52, 55 (f), 58, 71, 73 (l), 76, 90, 169 (c), (y), (z); Reg 14 (i).