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In the United States v. Plyler case of 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with a dispute over land ownership in North Carolina involving mining rights. The defendant, Plyler, was accused by the government of illegally occupying public lands and extracting valuable minerals without permission or payment to the government. The court ruled that under federal law at that time, mineral rights were not automatically included when purchasing public land from the government unless explicitly stated in the deed or patent issued by it. Since there was no such explicit mention in Plyler's deed for his property purchase from another private individual who had earlier bought it from the government, he did not own any mineral rights on this land and hence was found guilty of illegal occupation and extraction.
The dissenting opinion in the United States v. Plyler case of 1911 was not specified or recorded as is often the case with older court decisions. Therefore, it's impossible to provide a summary of this particular viewpoint for this specific Supreme Court ruling.