Colburn v. Dortic

The plaintiffs below (who are appellees here) *91filed their complaint against the defendants, Lizzie A. Colburn (the appellant here) and W. H. Colburn, alleging, in substance, that the plaintiffs, were the owners in fee and in possession of an undivided three-fourths interest in the Kathleen Lode Mining Claim, derived, through various conveyances, from original locators; that in August, 1891, a United States patent had issued for the claim; that the defendants, without any right, claimed an undivided thirteen-twentieth of the claim, being a part of the interest claimed by the plaintiffs; that…