Bissell v. Foss
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. This was a suit in equity. The facts which mate the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
. Mu. Justice Woods
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit in equity. The facts as they appeared by the pleadings and evidence were as follows: In January, 1878, two miners, named Davidson and Yanboxall, located a mining claim near Leadville, Colorado, which they called the Winnemuck. In March following they jointly conveyed to the appellant Bissell, and to the appellees Foss and Hunter, each a one-fourth interest in the property in consideration of their agreement to furnish money to-sink a shaft to the ores on the claim. These parties worked the mine as mining partners until…
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