Butch Badon
There was more than one suit filed
Fri Mar 10, 13:19

against Wyatt Earp. And most of those suits were still pending when Wyatt Earp left that area. Eventually, Wyatt lost most of those suits, but it didn't matter. Wyatt had picked those claims clean and absconded with the proceeds before the cases were decided against him. In short, it is my opinion Wyatt EArp was a Claim Jumper.

Butch

  • Coeur d' Alene , Idaho — gobs, Wed Mar 01 11:54
    Big disappointment ... short sensationalist stories ... no index ... repeats the "fact" that Wyatt was a claim jumper rather than the whole legal entanglements involved ... see "Wyatt Earp & Coeur D'Alene... more
    • There was more than one suit filed — Butch Badon, Fri Mar 10 13:19
      • There was more than one suit filed — gobs, Fri Mar 10 14:27
        Butch ... all I CLAIMED is that the article repeats the "fact" that Wyatt was a claim jumper rather than the whole legal entanglements involved ... in a battle between a multitude of claim jumpers and... more
        • Yes — Butch Badon, Sun Apr 09 18:06
          And my only point was an is that Wyatt Earp was a claim jumper. One can take the position that he was challenging Prichard's claims - and Prichard made more than one claim. Prichard eventually won all... more
          • Yes — gobs, Mon Apr 10 3:59
            Butch ... All I've ever ascertained is that Prichard and his associates [it isn't clear who actually discovered the initial claims) made countless illegal claims by proxy for people living outside the... more