Wickersham v. Chicago Zinc Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Cherokee District Court. Action by J. R. Wickersham and R. H. Keith, against the Chicago Zinc & Mining Company, J. A. C. Thompson, and W. A. Wilkinson. Trial at the October Term 1875 of the district court, and judgment against plaintiffs and in .favor of defendants for costs. Plaintiffs bring the case here for review.
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Error from Cherokee District Court. Action by J. R. Wickersham and R. H. Keith, against the Chicago Zinc & Mining Company, J. A. C. Thompson, and W. A. Wilkinson. Trial at the October Term 1875 of the district court, and judgment against plaintiffs and in .favor of defendants for costs. Plaintiffs bring the case here for review. The facts stated in the opinion. contended, that the zinc company, at the date of the delivery of the deed to • them by Thompson, knew all about the lease to plaintiffs, as he was general superintendent of the zinc company. Notice to officers and agents of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:, facte. On the 2d of November 1872, Wicker-sham & Keith made a contract and mining lease in writing with one Wm. A. Wilkinson, who then occupied and claimed certain real estate under and by virtue of land-contracts made and entered into before that time between said Wilkinson and the Mo. River, Et. Scott & Gulf *484Railroad Co., whereby they had the right to mine coal on said land, and to erect such houses or shelters on the land as said W. & K. might deem necessary for the convenient prosecution of the work of mining. The contract or lease…
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