Doherty v. Morris

In the year 1881 three parties, Bryan, one of the appellants, Morris, the appellee, and a third person who will be referred to in this opinion as Alexander, were the owners of an unpatented lode in Clear Cfeek county called the “ Great Republican.” The undivided interest of Bryan in the lode' was seven twelfths, that of Morris four twelfths, Alexander owning the remaining one twelfth. In January, 1882, appellant Doherty relocated the Great Republican, claiming that the original location had been forfeited by a failure to perform the annual assessment work for 1881. Upon perfecting the alleged…