Cisna v. Mallory
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
Suit in equity by M. A. Cisna, E. E. Lucas, E. D. Rinear, L. C. Waller, A. A. Lewis, S. • J. Goodsell, Thomas McCart, and II.
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Suit in equity by M. A. Cisna, E. E. Lucas, E. D. Rinear, L. C. Waller, A. A. Lewis, S. • J. Goodsell, Thomas McCart, and II. C. Thompson against T. H. Mallory and Horatio N. McGuire, to establish the right of complainants to the ownership of undivided interests in certain mining claims on Eldorado creek and Bonanza creek, in that part of Northwest Territory, in the dominion of Canada, known as the “Klondike Region,” and for an injunction to restrain the defendant Mallory from disposing of said property. The cause was heard on an application for an injunction pendente lite.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
The object of this suit, as set forth in the amended bill of complaint, appears to be to establish a co-partnership between the plaintiffs and the defendants, and joint ownership of certain mining claims in the Klondike region, which the defendant Mallory is alleged to have acquired, and to require the said defendant to account for gold dust and nuggets which it is alleged he has taken from said mining claims, and for an injunction to prevent the sale and disposal of said property, and to compel the defendant Mallory to execute conveyances to the plaintiffs of their…
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