Emerson v. McWhirter
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
CHIPMAN, C.
—Action to quiet title to a mining claim in Tuolumne County, called the Slap Jack Mine.
The court found the following facts: That one Coyle, on January 1, 1896, made a location of the claim in question, posted notice of his claim at one end of the claim, marked out the boundaries, and placed monuments at each of the four corners and at each end of the lode, and caused his notice to be recorded. By mesne conveyances plaintiffs and certain defendants, other than McWhirter, became the owners of Coyle’s interest. A regulation of the mining district in which the claim in question is…
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