Higgins v. Carlotta Gold Mining Co.

In this case a number of persons who had performed labor upon a mine filed separate claims of lien on the two mining claims constituting the mine for the sums due them, respectively, for such labor, and afterwards began the actions involved in this appeal to foreclose their said liens. Several separate actions were begun, but before the trial all were consolidated and tried as one case. The parties defendant were the Carlotta Gold Mining Company, which was the owner of the mining claims, and David Naegle, David Miller, and J. B. Coleman, who were lessees thereof, operating the mine under a…