Lightning Delivery Co. v. Matteson

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• “Mutuality is 26 absent when one only of the contracting parties is bound to perform, and the rights of the 27 parties exist at the option of one only. And, conversely, a contract is not unilateral where 28 it contains mutual obligations binding on both parties.”
• while the implied covenant to develop rule requires every reasonable effort to produce and sell as much ore as possible, when there is a temporary depression in the value of the ore, such lessee is not required to extract ore at a loss merely so that the lessor may have royalties thereon
• while the implied covenant to develop rule requires every reasonable effort to produce and sell as much ore as possible, when there is a temporary depression in the value of the ore, such lessee is not required to extract ore at a loss merely so that the lessor may have royalties thereon

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