Salter v. Kindom Uranium Corporation

351 P.2d 375 (1960)

67 N.M. 34

Gordon SALTER, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

KINDOM URANIUM CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 6636.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

April 18, 1960.

Noble & Noble, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Roberto L. Armijo, Las Vegas, for appellee.

MOISE, Justice.

This is a suit on a contract to remove and stockpile ore brought by plaintiff-appellee against defendant-appellant.

On January 24, 1957, plaintiff and defendant entered into a written contract whereby plaintiff agreed "to perform certain mining work on copper siliceous ores" on a certain piece of property near Tecolote, New Mexico,…