Kirtley v. Marshall Silver Mining Co.

This case was originally begun as an action at law, or as a' proceeding to adverse an application for patent to certain mining gro.und, but afterward in the history of the case, which is somewhat complex, the appellants, by leave of court, filed what they called an additional complaint for equitable relief, but which, so far as the case presented here for review is concerned, may be regarded as an original bill or complaint in equity. On the trial below, certain questions of fact were submitted to the jury for special findings upon the evidence, and the findings thereon returned by the jury…