Swift v. Occidental Mining & Petroleum Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, Santa Barbara County; B. T. Williams, Judge. Action by C. E. Swift and others against the Occidental Mining and Petroleum Company and another. Judgment for defendants, and from an order denying a new trial plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
CHIPMAN, C.
The complaint alleges the ordinary action in ejectment to recover possession of eighty acres of land leased by plaintiffs to the assignors of defendant Occidental Mining and Petroleum Company for mining purposes. Defendant High was an employee of defendant company, and has no interest in the subject matter of the action. In the opinion the word “defendant” will have reference to the company. Defendant filed an answer and also a cross-complaint, both of which were amended by leave of court. The amended cross-complaint of defendant alleges the execution of a lease of the land by…
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