California Court of Appeal November 23, 1953, Civ. 4713 (Brown v. Fairbanks)

GRIFFIN, J.

Plaintiff Harvey C. Brown and his wife brought this action for declaratory relief against defendants Dave Fairbanks and Walter K. Skeoch, doing business as Southern California Minerals Company, in which plaintiffs allege thsit they were the owners since January 21, 1940, of the Pongo mining claim; that they commenced working upon it and believed it to be valuable and worthy of further