Miller v. Murphy

Appeal from a judgment quieting title in certain real property known as the Housum Placer Mining claim in Missoula county.

The Plaintiff Ed Miller in a quiet title action, by complaint in usual form, claimed an undivided 2/16ths interest in the property and alleged that the defendant R. C. Dempster had operated the placer mine on said property during 1940, 1941 and 1942 and had deposited royalty payments therefrom in the First National Bank at Missoula in the sum of $12,900 to which Miller claimed his proportionate share.

Various of the defendants named in the complaint appeared in the action…