La Crosse Gold Mining Co. v. Scudder
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Probate Court of Gilpin County. Assumpsit for work and labor, etc.; the declaration consisted of the common counts ; plea of the general issue.
1Opinion of the CourtElbert, J.
The trial in this case was to the court, and the evidence clearly did not warrant a finding and judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
He claims compensation for his services as agent, in taking care of, and protecting from trespassers, certain mining claims belonging to the defendant company, and yet, during and near the end of the period for which he claims to have been acting as agent, he writes to the president of the company, under whose authority he claims to have acted, respecting the mill site of the company, and says : “ Parties now stand ready to make surveys upon it, (meaning the mill…
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