United Western Minerals Company v. Hannsen

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Moore.

We will refer to plaintiff in error as United and to defendants in error as plaintiffs, as they appeared in the trial court. Since there is but one controlling question involved in this review, we limit consideration to those portions of the record which bear directly upon that issue.

Plaintiffs, as lessors, entered into a written contract with United, as lessee, under which sixteen unpatented lode mining claims were leased for a period of two years ending December 21, 1958. The annual rental which United agreed to pay was $3,200.00. In the complaint it is alleged…