Buckeye Mining Co. v. Powers

Appellant, Buckeye Mining Company, brought suit to quiet title to four mining claims, Buckeye Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Bespondents, trustees and stockholders of the defunct Vindicator Mining Company, countered, claiming title to the territory in dispute, and basing such title upon prior locations by their predecessors of the Bull Dog, Horn Silver, Siskiyou Belle Fraction and Curraugh Buck mining claims. They also contended that appellant’s locations had not been made in accordance' with the mining statutes.

From a judgment in defendants’ favor and an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new…