Oliver v. Polson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered June 1, 1920, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
In February, 1910, plaintiffs, Angus J. Oliver and others, as owners, entered into a miner’s lease of certain portions of sections 16, 17, 20, and 21, Township 39 N., R. 7 E., W. M., with defendant Alex Poison, for a term of years. For the purpose of this case the conditions of the lease were, substantially, a cash payment (which was made), with the right of entry for the purpose of coal mining and the making of any and all improvements on, and means of transportation on, any and all of the lands as might be necessary or convenient for searching for, working, getting, preparing, carrying away…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Diamond Iron Mining Co. v. Buckeye Iron Mining Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Adams v. Washington Brick, Lime & Manufacturing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
- Gribben v. AtkinsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Bennett v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
- Wilson v. Beech Creek Cannel Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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- G.E.J. Corporation and M.F. Corporation v. Uranium Aire, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963