Crane v. French

This in an appeal by the defendants from a judgment quieting the plaintiff’s title in and to a certain mining claim in San Diego County known as the ‘ ‘ Stewart Mine ’ ’.

This claim, formerly the property of a Maine corporation known as American Lithia & Chemical Co., which will be hereafter referred to as the corporation, was originally located in 1898. Although it was worked for many years and much ore was removed it was not patented. On August 4, and August 6, 1931, the appellants attempted to locate the same property, filing two notices of location. At that time there were extensive mine…