Morgan v. Hidden Splendor Mining Co.

CHRISTENSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, owners of certain mining claims, alleged in their complaint that pursuant to lease obligations assumed by the defendant as assignee and a “Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement” between the plaintiffs and defendant, the defendant agreed to perform not less than $150,000 of exploration and development work prior to February 1, 1956; that defendant failed to do so and that on February 21, 1957, defendant was served by registered mail with a notice of the breach of said covenant, giving defendant twenty days from the receipt of said notice to cure and…