Weikel v. Davis

J. — This was a suit to foreclose a real estate mortgage. Long prior to the government survey thereof, the parties hereto entered upon and improved certain coal lands located in Lewis county, Washington. When the survey was made, the parties offered their filings. It was then discovered that the claims and filings of appellants seriously conflicted with those of respondents. The appellants made individual claims and filings, hut respondents claimed and filed collectively and as an association, thereby, under the coal land laws, being entitled to 320 acres. When the United States land office…