Hoge

The defendants and appellants are, and were during all the times mentioned in this opinion, owners of a certain mining claim situate in Nevada County. During the year 1915 the defendants leased said mining premises to the Willow Valley Mining Company, and thereafter the said Willow Valley Mining Company entered into a contract for the purchase from the plaintiff of a certain pump and electric motor to be used upon the min-' ing premises herein referred to. The pump and motor were delivered by the plaintiff to the Willow Valley Mining Company on or about the 15th of September, 1915. The agreement of sale entered into between the Willow Valley Mining Company and the plaintiff provided that the title to the pump and motor should not pass from the plaintiff to the Willow Valley Mining Company until the full purchase' price thereof had been fully paid. The Willow Valley Mining Company continued operations upon the mining premises under its lease from the defendants until on. or about the sixth day of March, 1916, but, according to the testimony of some of the witnesses, did not abandon its work entirely upon the leased premises until some time during the year 1917. The Willow Valley…