Wood v. Casserleigh

Plaintiffs in error, Thomas E. and Charles E. Wood, were the owners of an interest in' a mining claim then in the possession of, and for a long time operated by, other parties. Their ancestor was one of the locators of these mining premises. For the purpose of having proceedings instituted to recover their interest in this property, they entered into an agreement with defendant' in error, which, though inartificially drawn, in substance recited and provided that the latter 'was then in possession of the *290evidence necéssary' to establish the citizenship of their ancestor, and that in…