Washington Supreme Court November 15, 1900, No. 3718 (Ranahan v. Gibbons)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

White, J.

The respondent brought this action in the court below against H. C. Gibbons, Bruce White, P. Burns and G. W. Walker, to recover an undivided one-*257fourth interest in a certain mining claim, named the “First Thought,” situated in Stevens county, and which was located by the defendants, Gibbons and Walker, on the 14th day of August, 1898.