Robinson v. Eagle-Picher Lead Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendants in an action brought to obtain a decree in equity imposing a trust upon a certain mining lease taken in the name of one of the defendants, which it is claimed should be for the use and benefit of the plaintiffs. There are four plaintiffs who claim to be interested, but all the transactions involved were with and in the name of one only of them, G. D. Robinson.

*861The case involves the question of the right of the sublessor to continue to receive…