Cunningham v. Independence Consolidated Mining Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered July 24, 1909, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to establish rights as a stockholder in a corporation, for an accounting and other equitable relief.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
In the spring of 1898, plaintiff became interested in certain mining claims in the Coeur d’Alene country, Idaho. These he held under verbal or written options expiring September 10 of that year. With another he had done some little work on the claims and had made several unsuccessful efforts to interest capital, so that, on or about September 1, he sought defendant Kennedy J. Hanley, who went with him to look over the ground, and who thereupon agreed to furnish the money to take up the options, provided extra time could be arranged and the property on further investigation proved to be an…
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