Ingemarson v. Coffey
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Boulder County. Hon. James E. Garrigues, Judge. Action by Henry N. Coffey against L. Ingemarson and N. J. Nelson. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
In this case the appellants say that the pleadings are in proper form and that the verdict is justified by the evidence, but that the jury was improperly instructed. It appears that in the Gold Hill mining district, in Boulder county, there is a mineral lode *409which for several years had been located and abandoned by different people. These various locators had driven an adit upon the lead. After the abandonment of the property this adit had caved in and was filled with earth and rock and overgrown with weeds. Upon January 1st, 1903, appellant Nelson placed upon this lea'd, near the adit above…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCann v. McMillanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900
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