GAMMELGAARD v. HILLIS PEAK ENTERPRISES

90-1074-E-2; CA A72025.

842 P.2d 457 (1992)

116 Or. App. 641

Donald R. GAMMELGAARD, Jr., Donald R. Gammelgaard, Sr., Marilyn Gammelgaard, and Albert Harrison, Jr., Respondents, v. HILLIS PEAK ENTERPRISES, INC., an Oregon corporation, James Dodson, Dogwood Enterprises, Inc., an Oregon corporation, and Lee Trippett, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeannette Marshall, Medford, argued the cause and filed the briefs, for appellants.

Jeffrey W. Foxx, Medford, argued the cause and filed the brief, for respondents.

Before WARREN, P.J., and RIGGS and EDMONDS, JJ.


RIGGS, Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action to quiet title to a lode gold mining claim, a placer gold mining claim and an adjacent, dependent mill site. Defendants counterclaimed, seeking to quiet title to lode gold mining and placer claims that cover the same mineral ground that plaintiffs' mining claims and mill site occupy. At issue is whether plaintiffs' claims have lapsed due to non-compliance with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) filing requirements. The trial...

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