Watson V. Butterfield Mining Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Third District Court, Salt Lake County.— Hon. Ogden Hiles, Judge. Action to recover the value of ore alleged to have been wrongfully extracted from the Drum Lummon vein by the defendant company and converted by it. Erom a judgment in favor of the defendants, the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBaskin, J.
The plaintiff in this action brought suit to recover the value of ore alleged to have been wrongfully extracted from the Drum Lummon vein (an undivided fourth of which belonged to plaintiff) by the defendant company, and converted by it. The defendant company, in its answer, alleged that it was the owner and possessor of the Eagle Bird mining claim, and that the vein from which the ore in question was extracted apexes within the lines of said claim, and upon its dip passes through and beneath the surface of the Drum Lummon, and that the plaintiff wrongfully claims that part of the Eagle Bird…
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- Larsen v. OnesiteUtah Supreme Court · 1899
- Manufacturers and Traders' Bank of Buffalo v. . KochNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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