Gaines v. Chew

TRIEBER, District Judge.

The amended bill charges that certain parties being tlie owners of a mining concession granted by the government of Mexico, known as the Hidalgo Mine, entered, in Mexico, into an agreement with one Clayton, whereby they agreed that he could buy for himself or sell their concession within three months from July 20, 1905, for the sum of $60,000, Mexican silver, to be paid $20,000 upon the execution of the conveyance, and the balance in one and two years in equal installments; that Clayton was to receive 25 per cent, of the purchase money for his services. It was also…