Mitchell v. Hutchinson

This action was brought to quiet title to a tract of land in Calaveras County, containing 122.15 acres. The defendants claimed title to a portion thereof consisting of 74.50 acres.

Both plaintiffs and defendants claimed under placer-mining locations alleged to have been made by them, the plaintiffs’ location, called the Kentucky Placer Mine, being alleged to have been made on February 8, 1889, and the defendants’, called the Paragon Placer Mine, on August 31, 1897.

The plaintiffs obtained judgment, and the defendants appeal therefrom on the judgment-roll. The only questions presented are as to…