Peck v. Farnham

delivered the opinion of the court.'

The complaint, filed by the appellee George W. Farnham, alleges the formation by the plaintiff and the defendants of a copartnership for the purpose of discovering and locating, •working and holding, mining claims. It is also alleged that certain mining claims theretofore located, as well as those thereafter to be located by any of the parties to the agreement, were to be the joint property of the copartners.

The object of the action was to enforce the terms of the agreement with respect to the Iron Cap lode mining claim, which, the plaintiff alleges, was…