Independence Placer Mining Co. v. Knauss
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, for Kootenai County. Hon. R. N. Dunn,- Judge.- Suit to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff. The location of the “Moose” claim is void for want of being tied to any natural monument with sufficient accuracy for identification. This location is void for uncertainty.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, for Kootenai County. Hon. R. N. Dunn,- Judge.- Suit to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff. The location of the “Moose” claim is void for want of being tied to any natural monument with sufficient accuracy for identification. This location is void for uncertainty. (Clearwater Short Line By. v. San Garde, 7 Ida. 106, 61 Pac. 137; Brown v. Levan, 4 Ida. 794, 46 Pac. 661; Faxon v. Barnard, 2 MacCrary, 44, 46, 4 Fed. 702, 704; Gilpin Go. Mining Co. v. Drake, 8 Colo. 586, 589,‘-'9 Pac. 787, 789.) The complaint should describe the…
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, C. J.
On March 7, 1905, the Aggy, Independence and Moose planer mining claims were located, and on October 30, 1906, the locators conveyed them to respond*272ent. While it does not appear that the original Aggy location has ever b^en abandoned respondent’s employees, on September 17, 1913, relocated the ground embraced within that claim as three claims called the Aggy, Gold Dollar and Falls, and October 13, 1913, conveyed the same to respondent. On May 29, 1916, Jack Moore and W. It. Simons, acting for and on behalf of appellants, located, and on June 5, 1916, caused to be recorded notices of location…
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