Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Orr, J.:

Respondents recovered a judgment in the lower court for the sum of $2,986.51 alleged to be due for bullion taxes for the year 1937. The case was submitted to the court on the following agreed statement of facts:

“That on September 1, 1934, the' Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company, a corporation, executed a lease and option to One John W. Mercer, under the terms of which said Mercer was given the possession of the mining claims named as defendants herein, with the right to work the said claims and to purchase them during the life of the option.

“That prior to January…