Bishop v. Baisley
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Baker: Robert Eaein, Judge. This suit was brought by Philip R. Bishop against James L. Baisley and others to restrain trespass upon a mining claim, and to recover damages for the injurious use of it by the defendants.
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Appeal from Baker: Robert Eaein, Judge. This suit was brought by Philip R. Bishop against James L. Baisley and others to restrain trespass upon a mining claim, and to recover damages for the injurious use of it by the defendants. The plaintiff, after showing his citizenship, alleges, in substance, that he is now and was at all times mentioned in his complaint the owner by reason of location and possession under the general mining laws of the United States of a certain quartz mining claim situated in Baker County, Oregon, generally known and designated as the White Pigeon Quartz Claim (then…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Wolverton.
There is no doubt that the plaintiff and one C. J. Finn made a sufficient and valid location of the White Pigeon Claim, November twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. This is the finding of both the referee and the court below, and is borne out by the testimony. On October twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, Finn sold and conveyed his interest in the claim to plaintiff, and thereupon plaintiff became the sole owner thereof. The fact that J. L. Baisley made a sufficient and valid location of the Mabel Claim, and S. B. Baisley of the Queen of…
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