Adams v. Schiffer
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of Rio Grande County. Adams, the plaintiff in error, filed his bill of complaint in the court below against Schiffer, Borsch and Stern, praying for an account, and a reconveyance to him of the Aztec lode and the Aztec mill-site, and, in case he should not be entitled to this relief, that the defendants be decreed to pay him certain sums of money. The cause was tried to the court on the bill, answer and evidence, and the bill dismissed.
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Error to District Court of Rio Grande County. Adams, the plaintiff in error, filed his bill of complaint in the court below against Schiffer, Borsch and Stern, praying for an account, and a reconveyance to him of the Aztec lode and the Aztec mill-site, and, in case he should not be entitled to this relief, that the defendants be decreed to pay him certain sums of money. The cause was tried to the court on the bill, answer and evidence, and the bill dismissed. Brom this decree Adams appeals to the supreme court. It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff in error, Adams, on the 21th day…
1Opinion of the CourtElbert, J.
The complainant, Adams, prays for an account, and for a reconveyance of the Aztec mine and Aztec mill-site. We consider first the case made on the pleadings and evidence against the defendant Schiffer. The complainant alleges that he was the owner of the mining property in question; that it was of great value; that the defendant Schiffer knew this, and desired to purchase an interest in it; that the complainant was embarrassed financially, and unable to work the mine advantageously; that the “defendant was possessed of considerable money and property, and claimed to have a considerable…
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