Pierce v. Rock Creek Mining Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Baker : Robert Eakin, Judge. Writ of review by Charles M. Pierce against the Rock Creek Gold Mining Co. and another to vacate a judgment of a justice of the peace. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Wolverton
This is a proceeding by writ of review prosecuted for the purpose of reviewing the judgment of the Justice’s Court for District No. T, Baker County, Oregon, in a cause instituted therein June 7, 1898, wherein the Rock Creek Gold Mining Co. was plaintiff, and said Pierce was defendant, to determine the right of possession to a certain quartz mine, for which the plaintiff herein was seeking to obtain a patent from the general government. The plaintiff had filed or made the necessary application to the proper officer of the land office at La Grande, Oregon, for a patent, and the defendant mining…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kirk v. MatlockOregon Supreme Court · 1885
- Taylor v. JenkinsOregon Supreme Court · 1884