Schroder v. Aden Gold Mining Co.

GRAY, C.

This is an action to determine the right to about seven acres of mining ground situated in Mariposa County. The defendant, on a trial before the court without a jury obtained a judgment, from which and from an order denying them a new trial the plaintiffs appeal.

The plaintiffs claim the land as a part of the San Antonio mining claim. They endeavored to prove to the satisfaction of the court that the disputed ground was included within the lines of said mining claim as they were originally run and marked with monuments in the field. To this end they called a witness who testified that…