Valentine v. McGrath
District Court, D. Alaska
This is a suit by plaintiff against the defendant J. J. Mc-Grath and his tenant, for the recovery of the possession of real property and damages for its detention.
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This is a suit by plaintiff against the defendant J. J. Mc-Grath and his tenant, for the recovery of the possession of real property and damages for its detention. The plaintiff filed his complaint in this court April 26, 1907, alleging in three causes of action: That plaintiff is the owner of lot 1, block 3, in the Town of Juneau, Alaska, of lots 2 and 3 in said block, and of a portion of lot 1 in block G, described in said complaint; that defendants in 1901 wrongfully ejected plaintiff from a portion of the several tracts above described, and alleging the rental value of such portion. The…
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
Upon the trial a large amount of evidence was introduced, including the record in the contest before the trustee over lot 2 in block 3, the findings of the trustee, and the commissioner and secretary upon appeal from the trustee’s decision.
The evidence shows: That the town of Juneau was settled and lots and blocks surveyed allotted, and occupied by the settlers in 1880. The lots in block 1, as originally located, were 50 feet wide by 200 feet long. That, prior to the entry of the town site by the trustee, block 1 had been divided into four blocks, leaving the lots 50…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Maxwell Land-Grant CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- King v. McAndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- Ashby v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- New Dunderberg Min. Co. v. OldCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Shilts v. YoungAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
- Nelson v. Green Construction CompanyAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
- Raby v. HillDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1948
- Alaska & N. W. T. T. Co. v. BernhofferDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1910