Joseph v. Davenport
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Union District Court. — Hon. H. M. Towner, Judge. Action in equity for an accounting and to recover tlie profits on an interest in a gold mining company, wbicb interest plaintiff claims be owns and bolds, and wbicb defendants insist he forfeited by failing to pay certain assessments levied thereon. From a judgment dismissing the petition and taxing costs to plaintiff, be appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Waterman, J. —
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2 *269On July 30, 1897, one George W. Hilbo, as trustee, took a lease, containing an option to pur*270chase, of a certain mining claim in the state of Colorado,, from the Jack Pot Mining Company, its then owner.. This lease provided that the lessee should perform a certain amount of work, viz, sinking at least 15 feet. of shaft, or drifting or cross-cutting at least 20 feet, during-each month of the term granted, and that a failure to work the premises for a period of 10 consecutive days should forfeit the rights of the lessee. We are not concerned with any of the other provisions of…
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