Tom Reed Gold Mines Co. v. Brady

Plaintiff, P. H. Brady, on November 9,1934, leased of the defendant, Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, for one year from that date a portion of the Aztec Center mining claim, situated in the San Francisco Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, agreeing to pay to the defendant a royalty on all ores extracted therefrom.

On September 23, 1937, plaintiff filed this action against the defendant. Thereafter, on November 15, 1937, he filed an amended complaint. It was alleged that the defendant evicted him from the leased premises on January 8, 1936, at which time there remained in ore chutes 1,680 tons…