Packer v. Heaton

This was an action to recover the possession of a mining-claim, and damages for the detention thereof. The defendants had judgment in the Court below, and the plaintiffs appealed.

The main question in this case has relation to what constitutes a forfeiture, or abandonment, of a claim, under the regulations of that particular locality. It appears that in October, 1854, certain rules and regulations were adopted at a meeting of the miners at that point, the fifth of which is as follows:

“ All claimants or companies shall work, or cause to be worked, his or their claims at least two days in every…