Minah Consol. Min. Co. v. Briscoe
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana. This was a suit in equity by John O. Briscoe and others against the Minah Consolidated Mining Company, Limited, and others, to establish and enforce a vendor’s lien. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The appellant Minah Consolidated Mining Company, Limited, is an English corporation, incorporated under the laws of Great Britain, for the purpose of acquiring and working certain mines situated near the town of Wickes, in Jefferson county, Mont., known as the “Minah Group,” and, by complying with the laws of that state, became entitled to transact business therein. On the 23d day of January, 1890, through its attorney in fact, Frederick Bowes Scott, it entered into a contract in writing with the appellees, John O. Briscoe, Annie E. Briscoe, James E. Sites, and the Minah…
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