Sutter v. Heckman
District Court, D. Alaska
The plaintiffs, Carl A. Sutter, M. E. Martin, and H. C. •Strong, bring this suit in equity against J. R. Heckman, Thomas Heckman, and the Alaska Packers’ Association, a ■corporation, and in and by their bill allege, briefly, as follows : That, on the 17th day of May, 1884, one Charles Dickson, a native Alaskan Indian, was the owner, by right ■of occupation, appropriation, and possession, of certain lands described in their bill as 160 acres, and that the said Dickson for…
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The plaintiffs, Carl A. Sutter, M. E. Martin, and H. C. •Strong, bring this suit in equity against J. R. Heckman, Thomas Heckman, and the Alaska Packers’ Association, a ■corporation, and in and by their bill allege, briefly, as follows : That, on the 17th day of May, 1884, one Charles Dickson, a native Alaskan Indian, was the owner, by right ■of occupation, appropriation, and possession, of certain lands described in their bill as 160 acres, and that the said Dickson for many years prior to that time had held, claimed, owned, and possessed said land, which was situated on Ton-gass Narrows in…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
In passing upon the demurrer to the complainants’ bill, and the hearing of notice to show cause, the court considered the various questions of law that have been raised by the briefs and in argument of this case, and, after considering the case anew, sees no reason for changing its view, before expressed, upon the question of law presented. The court held at that time that the complainants, bjr use and occupation of the lands described, had acquired no rights by prescription in the tide lands described, that the right of fishery in the deep waters and upon the tide flats…
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