Grotefend v. May

The following, extracted from the initial brief of the appellant, comprehends a complete and an accurate statement of the facts of the controversy presented for solution by this appeal:

“The second amended complaint alleges two causes of action, both of which, however, are founded on a single written instrument, Exhibit A, which is annexed to the pleading.

“It appears therefrom and from the allegations of the first cause of action that the Trinity Dredging and Hydraulic Gold Mining Company, to which we shall hereafter refer as ‘the corporation, ’ was an applicant before the local United States…