GREAT EASTERN MINES, INC. v. METALS CORP. OF AMER.

No. 9899.

527 P.2d 112 (1974)

GREAT EASTERN MINES, INC., a New Mexico Corporation, and Colorado Mines and Metals Company, a New Mexico Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. METALS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a New Mexico Corporation, and Chester C. Smith, Joe H. Rainey, George V. Humphreys and A. W. Jones, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

October 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. Smith, Truth or Consequences, for defendants-appellants.

Adams & Zeikus, O.R. Adams, Jr., Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellees.


OPINION

McMANUS, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff brought suit against defendants claiming valid and subsisting ownership of certain unpatented mining claims described as the Wall Street Claims Numbers I through VII, inclusive. Plaintiffs also sought damages for alleged slander of title. All damage claims were later withdrawn and the issue was submitted to the court and jury on the question of ownership only. All of said...

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