Cranford v. Gibbs

LEWIS, District Judge.

Appellants, plaintiffs below, brought this action to quiet title to certain mining claims located in the Durkee Mining District in Piute County. The Howell Mining Company, a corporation, neither appeared nor was defaulted in the case. The other respondents, asserting ownership in themselves of conflicting mining claims, answered and counterclaimed. The actions were subsequently dismissed as against the Dunsmores, Johnsons, the various Does and all unknown claimants. The court below determined the issues in favor of the remaining respondents and found that each of the…