Applied Industrial Materials Corp. v. Melton

— In February 1992, Applied Industrial Materials Corporation (AIMCOR) filed an action against Melton, Smith and Pacific Rim Olivine, Inc. (Pacific Rim), to quiet title in 34 mining claims. AIMCOR and its predecessors originally "located” 1 all of these claims. In early 1989, Pacific Rim attempted to "relocate” 2 the claims.

The trial court originally granted AIMCOR’s motion for summary judgment, but on reconsideration it ruled as a matter of law that RCW 78.08.090 3 does not require anything more to relocate a mining claim than compliance with RCW 78.08.060, 4 the statute relating to location…