W. J. Walker v. Shasta Minerals and Chemical Company, and Silver King Mines, Inc., a Corporation

SETH, Circuit Judge.

The appellant brought this action for damages, and the issues were submitted to a jury on special interrogatories. These answers were, through agreement of counsel, supplemented and clarified by additional findings and conclusions made by the trial judge. Judgment was entered against appellant on his complaint, and against him on a counterclaim of one of the defendants.

Plaintiff entered into a contract with Shasta Minerals and Chemical Company in 1961 whereby certain mining claims known as the Paymaster claims were conveyed to Shasta. The plaintiff retained a five per cent…