Tonopah Ralston Mining Co. v. Mt. Oddie United Mines Co.

OPINION

By the Court,

Coleman, C. J.:

Appellant, which was the defendant below, made application to the United States land office for a patent to the Sarah lode mining claim, situated in the Tonopah mining district. The respondent filed in the land office an adverse claim to the ground for which patent was sought under the Sarah location. The ground was claimed by respondent pursuant to the location of the K. C. No. 2, K. C. Fraction, and K. C. Fraction D lode mining claims, and in due time it instituted this suit in support of the adverse claim thus filed. Judgment was rendered in favor of the…