Legal Opinion
Elder v. Western Mining Co.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided January 21, 1919No. 6344PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. Suit by Rufus C. Elder and others against the Western Mining Company and others.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, District Judge.
This stockholders’ suit was begun December 3, 1914. Its purpose is to obtain a decree canceling a lease *415given by the Board of Directors of the Adams Mining Company to Samuel D. Nicholson and two extensions of said lease made by the Board, and compensation for transportation of ore from other properties through the underground workings of the Adams properties. The complaint was fully considered, and held to state good causes of action, in 237 Fed. 966, 150 C. C. A. 616.
The defendants, by their answers, some joint and some separate, plead in defense estoppel and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Westerlund v. Black Bear Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
- Grant v. ElderSupreme Court of Colorado · 1917
- Elder v. Western Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re Schulte-United Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1932
- Elder v. EastwoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 1923
- Brown v. ByrneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934