Mercur Coalition Min. Co. v. Cannon

LATIMER, Justice;

This action was brought in the court below to quiet title to forty-one mining claims located in Tooele County, State of Utah. Plaintiff corporation in its complaint alleged in general terms that for a number of years it had been and now is the owner and in possession and entitled to possession of the said mining claims; that defendants claim an interest in the claims adverse to plaintiff’s title; and that defendants have no right, title or interest in and to the claims.

Defendant Cannon alone answered. He disclaimed any interest in sixteen of the forty-one claims, denied…