SMITH v. ZEPP

No. 13118.

567 P.2d 923 (1977)

Perl SMITH, S. Charlene Smith and Everett Satterfield, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. Wilbur J. ZEPP, Wesley Farner, C.E. Knowles, and Wolverine Mining, Inc., a Montana Corporation, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crowley, Haughey, Hanson & Toole, Stephen Foster argued, Billings, Boone, Karlberg & Haddon, Sam E. Haddon argued, Missoula, for appellant.

William R. Taylor, Deer Lodge, Radonich, Brolin & Reardon, John N. Radonich argued, Anaconda, for respondents.


HATFIELD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by defendants from a district court judgment granting forfeiture of a contract for purchase of mining property by defendants and cancellation of a deed to a number of patented and unpatented mining claims.

In 1964, plaintiff Perl Smith purchased numerous patented and unpatented mining claims in Granite and Powell Counties known as the "Master Mine". Plaintiff thereafter obtained a personal bank loan and mortgaged...

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