BENTLEY v. POTTER

No. 18241.

694 P.2d 617 (1984)

L.P. BENTLEY and Clarice E. Bentley, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. Lowell E. POTTER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Conder, Conder & Nielson, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Steven F. Alder, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs and respondents.


STEWART, Justice.

The defendant appeals from a judgment against him in the amount of $19,375.46 for breach of a mining lease. The appeal raises various issues of contract law.

In May 1978, the plaintiffs L.P. and Clarice Bentley ("the lessors") leased fourteen unpatented placer mining claims on federal land in Juab and Tooele Counties to the defendant Lowell Potter ("the lessee"). By the terms of the lease, the lessors agreed to register the mining claims...

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