Pederson v. Lothman

'LUJAN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant, Clinton W. Pederson, filed this action in the District Court of McKinley County, asking for specific performance of an alleged oral contract by which the defendants-appellees, Louis B. Lothman and Mid-Continent Exploration Company, had allegedly promised him a five percent interest in certain mineral claims and leases in return for his services in the location of mineral claims and for-acting as the “representative” for appellee Mid-Continent Exploration Company in the State of New Mexico. He asked in the alternative for damages in the amount of five…