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Appellants appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their complaint seeking injunctive relief against the appellees.

Jurisdiction of the district court is predicated on the alleged presence of a federal question. Title 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1358 and 1331. The amount in controversy is alleged to exceed $10,000. This Court has jurisdiction to review the judgment under Title 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1291 and 1294.

It appears that on June 27, 1957, the United States of America, under its powers of eminent domain, filed an action in condemnation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Northern Division, seeking to acquire title to or outstanding adverse interests in lands located in Trinity County, California, on part of which are located unpatented mining claims of which appellants claim to be the owners and to which they claim the right of possession. These mining claims are located upon public lands the paramount title to which is in the United States. On instructions from the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, dated June 5, 1957, the district court in the condemnation proceedings issued to the United States a writ of possession.

On March 17, 1960…