Bullion-Beck & Champion Mining Co. v. Eureka Hill Mining Co.

This is an action of trespass to recover for ores alleged to have been secretly, covertly, unlawfully, and fraudulently extracted from plaintiff’s mine by the defendant, through underground cross-cuts, *418tunnels, drifts, and other openings extended by the defendant beyond the boundaries of its mine into the plaintiff’s mine, and converted by the defendant to its own use. By stipulation of the parties, Parley L. Williams was by the court appointed referee to try the case, make findings of fact, conclusions of law, and report the same, with a judgment, to the court for approval. The referee…