Hoover v. Catrow

*18Opinion by

Mr. Justice Teller.

Plaintiff in error brought suit against the defendant in error to establish a right to an interest in mining property, to which the latter had title, and was defeated in the action. A brief statement of facts is necessary to an understanding of the question for determination.

The property involved was at one time owned by the Griffith Mines Company, which was adjudged a bankrupt by the U. S. District Court in Denver, both plaintiff and defendant being creditors of said bankrupt. The defendant, a resident of Ohio, in December, 1908, formed in that state the “Mound…