Case Name: JOSEPH J. DU PRAT v. J. P. JAMES et al.
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1882-08-30
Citations: 61 Cal. 361
Docket Number: No. 7,955
Parties: JOSEPH J. DU PRAT v. J. P. JAMES et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 61
Pages: 361–362

Head Matter:
[No. 7,955.
In Bank.]
Aug. 30, 1882.
JOSEPH J. DU PRAT v. J. P. JAMES et al.
Mining Claim—Fobjtbitübe—Ejectment—Pleading—Finding.—Judgment reversed for failure to find upon.material issue.
Appeal from a judgment for defendants in the Superior Court of the County of Tuolumne. Eooney, J.
Action to recover possession of mining claim.
J. D. Redmond and Taylor & Haight, for Appellant.
Street & Street, for Respondents.

Opinion:
The Court :
In their answer the defendants aver that plaintiff "has not complied with Section 5 of the Act of Congress, approved May 10,1872, entitled an 'Act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States,' in not performing the labor or making the improvements on said claims as required by said Act." Read in connection with the allegation as to entry and location on the part of defendants, this averment is to be treated as denied by plaintiff. Thus was created a material issue (Morenhaut v. Wilson, 52 Cal. 263), and the Court below failed to find upon it.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded for a new trial.