District Court, D. Utah October 8, 1957, No. C-56-57 (Morgan v. Hidden Splendor Mining Co.)

CHRISTENSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, owners of certain mining claims, alleged in their complaint that pursuant to lease obligations assumed by the defendant as assignee and a “Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement” between the plaintiffs and defendant, the defendant agreed to perform not less than $150,000 of exploration and development work prior to February 1, 1956; that defendant