67 Cal. 141 | Cal. | 1885
We think that the location of the mining claim by plaintiffs in July, 1876, was made in accordance with law, and included the ten acres in controversy. The notice as recorded and posted was sufficient. It described the land by the adjoining tracts on the north, east, and south, and on the west by unoccupied lands. As the claim was for thirty acres, its boundary on the west could be easily determined. It makes no difference that the wrong legal subdivisions are inserted in the notice. These may be rejected as false where the remaining . description sufficiently identifies the land, in accordance with
It is urged that the finding of the court below as to the location of the defendants Gleason and O’Neil, of the ten acres in controversy, is contrary to the evidence, inasmuch as the ten acres are described in the finding as being in the southwest quarter of section 13, T. 5 N., R. 11 E.; that the evidence shows beyond dispute that the tract of ten acres is in the southeast quarter, and therefore the finding is not sustained by the evidence. But the other findings, which are sustained by the evidence, and the conclusions of law which are properly deduced, show that the plaintiffs are entitled to a judgment in their favor if the description of the land in the finding was, as it should be, the southeast quarter. Under such circumstances the cause should not be sent back for a new trial.
Judgment and order affirmed.
Sharpstein, J., and Myrick, J., concurred.