Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. v. Ebner Gold Mining Co.

(after' stating the facts as above).

The appellant, adverting to the fact that Tripp was employed by one Underwood and by the California-Nevada Copper Company, and not by the appellee, contends that the evidence shows that Underwood employed Tripp to investigate the property, so that, if Underwood should after-wards acquire rights thereunder, he might, if he saw fit, adopt the plans; that, whatever Tripp’s intentions were, they were entirely personal and speculative, and never were adopted by the appellee, or by any one by any overt act until after August 1, 1910, the date when the appellant…