De Hon v. Gordon

RITCHIE, District Judge.

An important feature of the testimony is the sharp conflict in certain statements of the witnesses. More impressive to my mind is the total lack of ordinary caution displayed by all the parties to the original agreement. It must have been known to most, if not all, of them that grubstake agreements have been a fruitful source of litigation ever since mining began in the Western states. Nevertheless they relied upon an oral discussion at a meeting of the parties for a contract as to the work that was to be done by the defendant Isaacs with the grubstake of $1,500. A few…