Benton v. Hopkins

The subject-matter of controversy in this case is the conflict between the Troublesome and Lucky Gus lode mining claims. Plaintiffs in error, as the owners of the latter claim, brought an action in ejectment against the defendants in error as owners of the former to determine their rights to the conflict. The trial was-to the court without the intervention of a jury. From a judgment in favor of the defendants, the plaintiffs bring the case here -for review on error.

The first point made is, that the court erred in admitting the location certificate of the Troublesome lode, for the reason that…