Knutson v. Fredlund

Citations

• 56 Wash. 634
• 106 P. 200
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 861

Syllabus

<p>Mines and Minerals — Location Notices — Sufficient State Regulations. A mineral relocation notice is insufficient and inadmissible in evidence under Laws 1899, p. 69, § 1, where it fails to state the length claimed on each side of the discovery, the general course of the lode, or to identify the claim by reference to natural monuments as required by that act; since compliance with state laws not inconsistent with the Federal statutes is essential to a valid relocation.</p> <p>Same — Action to Recover Possession — Defenses—Amended Notices. In an action to recover possession of a mining claim, the defendant cannot base any right upon amended relocation notices posted by him after the commencement of the action.</p> <p>Same — Assessment Work- — Forfeiture—Superior Title. In an action to recover possession of a mining claim, a defendant holding under an invalid relocation is not entitled to attack plaintiff’s title by reason of his failure to do assessment work, as such failure did not work a forfeituré until valid relocation was made.</p> <p>Same — Resumption oe Work — 'Forfeiture. A resumption of assessment work prior to the lawful inception of intervening rights, saves a forfeiture for failure to do the required work.</p>