Masek v. Ostlund

This is an action by John C. Ostlund and Axel R. Ostlund, plaintiffs, against John L. Masek, defendant, seeking an accounting of the proceeds of mineral ore taken from a mining claim belonging to plaintiffs known as Sue 3 and asking for exemplary damages. The petition alleged that plaintiffs on January 1, 1955, filed a notice of location of unpatented lode mining claim known as *101Sue 3 in sec. 17, T. 44 N., R. 75 W., sixth principal meridian, Campbell County, Wyoming; that defendant on January 10, 1955, filed a notice of location on the same land; that the dispute as to ownership of the mining…