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Correspondence on Lemmond Mine, Union County, North Carolina, part 2, 1854-1894

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R.E. Cochrane,
Insurance
and
Real Estate Agent
22 South Tryon St.
Charlotte N.C Mch 21 1894.
Mr. R A Springs Esqr
Dear Sir
Your letter of the 16th received and on reading it I find you have very naturally fallen into an error about the property covered by the power of Atty sent you.  The property about which we had so much correspondence & so much litigation belonged to the estate of Chas W Durant. and which was settled more than a year ago by [compromise?].  The property in question or rather the mineral interest in about 676 acres of land belongs to the estate of Thomas C. Durant. No suit has ever been [commenced?] about this property for the reason that when the case of Chas W Durant was [compromised?] - the parties holding the Thomas C Durant interest, agreed to let me sell the property and divide the proceeds equally.  This my attorney considered a very favorable settlement for they did not believe that I could ever have recovered any thing by process of law and if I ever made a sale, it would be just

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R.E. Cochrane, Insurance and Real Estate Agent 22 South Tryon St. Charlotte N.C Mch 21 1894. Mr. R A Springs Esqr Dear Sir Your letter of the 16th received and on reading it I find you have very naturally fallen into an error about the property covered by the power of Atty sent you. The property about which we had so much correspondence & so much litigation belonged to the estate of Chas W Durant. and which was settled more than a year ago by [compromise?]. The property in question or rather the mineral interest in about 676 acres of land belongs to the estate of Thomas C. Durant. No suit has ever been [commenced?] about this property for the reason that when the case of Chas W Durant was [compromised?] - the parties holding the Thomas C Durant interest, agreed to let me sell the property and divide the proceeds equally. This my attorney considered a very favorable settlement for they did not believe that I could ever have recovered any thing by process of law and if I ever made a sale, it would be just