Northern Mining Corp. v. Trunz

GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.

This suit was commenced by Max Trunz, appellee here, plaintiff below, against Northern Mining Corporation and others to quiet his title to certain mining claims. The case comes to this court upon an appeal by Northern Mining Corporation from a judgment of the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana. The following is a statement of the pertinent facts, predicated upon the findings of the District Court:

Prior to August 6, 1932, the mining claims involved in this case were owned in fee simple by one Peter H. Branser, who on that date contracted to…