B & B Sulphur Co. v. Kelley

In July, 1928, H. B. Sample, James Pierce, and S. E. Montgomery located and filed notices of location of certain mining claims in Inyo County known as Gulch Lode No. 1 and No. 2. Frank Rossi and the above named locators located and filed notices of location of Gulch Lode Nos. 3 to 10 inclusive. A “Lease and Purchase Agreement” was executed on March 20, 1939, to plaintiff corporation herein as lessee. It recited that James Pierce, A. J. Seeley, H. B. Sample, T. N. Wade, and Mijo Milovich were lessors. It bore only the signatures of Wade, Milovich and Pierce. It was recorded on April 13, 1939.…