Thomas v. Chisholm

The parties to this action occupied the same positions as plaintiffs and defendants in the court below as in this court. Defendants having applied for a patent to a certain mining claim, known as the “Tecumseh Lode,” plaintiffs filed their adverse claim thereto, and commenced this action, claiming the same premises under the name of the “Starlight Lode.” The defendants based their title upon a prior location made by one Joseph Hudson and the Kansas City Mining & Smelting Company. The testimony tended to show that said smelting company ivas a corporation organized under the laws of the state…