Supreme Court of Colorado September 15, 1897, No. 3636 (Hodgson v. Fowler)

Mr. Justice Goddard

delivered the opinion of the court.

As well said by the learned writer of the opinion of the court of appeals, in order to sustain this action, it was incumbent upon plaintiff to establish a partnership between himself and defendant in leasing and worMng the Carbon coal mine as early as 1876 ; as tills is essential to show that defendant had an interest in the lots in