Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Mouat. Mouat v. Reconstruction Finance Corp

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

On December 20, 1941, M. W. Mouat, individually, and May Paula Mouat, individually and as trustee of an express trust, hereafter called the Mouats, and Metals Reserve Company, a corporation, 1 2made a written agreement, hereafter called the lease, whereby the Mouats leased to Metals Reserve Company three patented lode mining claims, 20 unpatented lode mining claims, one unpatented placer mining claim known as the Lake placer mining claim and one unpatented tunnel site in Stillwater County, Montana, for the term of 10 years from and after December 20, 1941, subject to…