Cleveland v. Dow Chemical Company

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Groves.

The defendant in error, referred to as Dow Chemical Company, brought an action to quiet title to two patented placer mining claims and other property. It joined about 95 defendants, including the plaintiff in error who is referred to as Mrs. Cleveland. None of the defendants in the action, except Union Oil Company of California and Mrs. Cleveland entered any appearance and the defaults of all non-appearing defendants were entered. Dow Chemical recognized the rights of Union Oil Company of California and the case was tried with Mrs. Cleveland being the sole…