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Bismark Mountain Gold Mining Co. v. North Sunbeam Gold Co.

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided March 14, 1908PublishedCited by 29 opinions

APPEAL from District Court of Sixth Judicial District for Custer County. lion. James M. Stevens, Judge. Action by the Bismart Mountain Gold Mining Company against the North Sunbeam Gold Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. “If by any reasonable construction, in view of the surrounding circumstances, the language employed in the description will impart notice to subsequent locators, it is sufficient.” (Farmington Gold Min.

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APPEAL from District Court of Sixth Judicial District for Custer County. lion. James M. Stevens, Judge. Action by the Bismart Mountain Gold Mining Company against the North Sunbeam Gold Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. “If by any reasonable construction, in view of the surrounding circumstances, the language employed in the description will impart notice to subsequent locators, it is sufficient.” (Farmington Gold Min. Go. v. Rhymney Gold & Copper Co., 20 Utah, 363, 77 Am. St. Rep. 913, 58 Pac. 832; Morrison v. Regan, 8 Ida. 291, 67 Pac. 955; Flavin v. Mat-tingly, 8…

1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.

This is an action, brought in support of an adverse claim, to quiet plaintiff’s title to two certain mining claims, located and known as the “Jesse James” and "“Little Giant,” situated on Bismark Mountain, in Yankee *520Fork mining district, Cnster county, Idaho. From the location notice it appears that the Jesse James claim was located on January 1, 1898, by E. L. Ayers and Louis Boy, and the Little Giant on April 16, 1898, by E. L. Ayers. On November 18, 1899, said Ayers and Boy conveyed to George P. Mul-cahy the said mining claims. Thereafter, on March 6, 1900, said Mulcahy conveyed said…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Belk v. MeagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Fritts v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. Reynolds v. Crawfordsville First National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Hammer v. Garfield Mining & Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
  5. Valley Lumber & Manufacturing Co. v. DriesselIdaho Supreme Court · 1907

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Humphreys v. Idaho Gold Mines Development Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Flynn Group Mining Co. v. MurphyIdaho Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Tarr v. Western Loan & Savings Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Independence Placer Mining Co. v. HellmanIdaho Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Allen v. LaudahnIdaho Supreme Court · 1938

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