Coronado Mining Corp. v. Marathon Oil Co.

WILKINS, Justice:

Plaintiffs brought action for damages alleging tortious interference with contractual relationships. From Judgment notwithstanding the verdict entered against them pursuant to Rule 50(b), U.R.C.P., by the District Court for Salt Lake County, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. Costs to defendants.

Defendants Earth Resources and Marathon Oil Company (the only defendants in this appeal) held 132 unpatented mining claims on property located in Emery County, Utah, known as the “Sinbad Claims.” In June of 1971 these claims were leased to one Garcia under a written lease which required the…