COUCH v. CLIFTON

No. 79CA0787.

626 P.2d 731 (1981)

Stancil COUCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harvey CLIFTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

March 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Murray, Golden, for plaintiff-appellee.

Sterling, Simon & Rubner, P. C., Kevin D. Allen, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


KIRSHBAUM, Judge.

Defendant appeals the trial court's order voiding portions of his mining claims and decreeing the superiority of plaintiff's claims. We affirm.

This action involves a dispute over conflicting mining claims in Gilpin County. The following facts were found by the trial court. In 1960 plaintiff filed with the county recorder an initial placer claim on land southwest and northeast of Colorado Highway 119 in Gilpin County. The filing consisted...

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