Sellers v. Taylor

WM. E. LEE, J. —

This action was begun by appellants, plaintiffs below, to quiet their possessory rights to certain mining claims known as the “Clarke,” “Larson” and “Featherwood,” located by them on August 12, 1922, in the Eagle Mining District of Shoshone county. Defendant denied the material allegations of the complaint and, by way of cross-complaint, alleged his prior valid location of three claims which embraced the same ground. It appears that respondent, defendant below, has been in possession of the disputed ground and has performed assessment work thereon practically every year since…