Griffin v. American Gold Min. Co.

ROS.S, Circuit Judge.

This action was commenced November 20, 1893, in the district court for the district of Alaska, by Martin W. Murray against the Nowell Gold Mining Company, to recover $25,000, with interest, under and by virtue of a written contract entered into August 21, 1891, by and between Murray and a corporation styled “Silver Bow Basin Mining Company.” By that contract Murray agreed and covenanted, for the considerations therein stated, to sell to the Silver Bow Company a certain mining lode claim, situated in the Harris mining district of Alaska, called the “Morris G,” which the…