Strepey v. Stark

This is a contest between two sets of claimants for the possession of a certain mining claim, which appellees claim as the “Little Belle” lode and appellants as the “Negro” lode. Appellees, the plaintiffs below, alleged right of possession by virtue of discovery, prior possession, location, and compliance with the mining laws relating thereto. Appellants, as defendants, merely denied in their answer the several allegations of the plaint-' iff s’ complaint.

The ground of defense upon the trial was, chiefly, that appellees had failed to comply with the law in not doing sufficient work on the…