Legal Opinion
Couch v. Clifton
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided March 5, 1981No. 79CA0787PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRSHBAUM, Judge.
Defendant appeals the trial court’s order voiding portions of his mining claims and decreeing the superiority of plaintiff’s claims. We affirm.
This action involves a dispute over conflicting mining claims in Gilpin County. The following facts were found by the trial court. In 1960 plaintiff filed with the county recorder an initial placer claim on land southwest and northeast of Colorado Highway 119 in Gilpin County. The filing consisted of a location certificate and map. Plaintiff subsequently made additional discoveries of mineral deposits and filed three other claims as…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Clipper Mining Co. v. Eli Mining & Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Argentine Mining Co. v. Terrible Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Van Zandt v. Argentine Mining Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado · 1881
- Crossman v. PenderyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado · 1881
- Armstrong v. LowerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1883
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