Likaits v. Johnson
District Court, D. Alaska
In this action plaintiff seeks to recover possession of a twenty-acre placer mining claim in what is known as the Shushana mining .region, Alaska. Plaintiff claims to be the owner of said mining claim and that on or about the 20th day of August, 1913, the defendant unlawfully entered thereupon and ousted the plaintiff therefrom.
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In this action plaintiff seeks to recover possession of a twenty-acre placer mining claim in what is known as the Shushana mining .region, Alaska. Plaintiff claims to be the owner of said mining claim and that on or about the 20th day of August, 1913, the defendant unlawfully entered thereupon and ousted the plaintiff therefrom. The interveners, James, Nelson, Johnson, and Wales allege that on May 25, 1913, they made two contiguous lode locations; that about August 20, 1913, the plaintiff entered upon a portion of the ground covered by said lode locations and attempted to make the placer…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
Prior to August 1,1912, any citizen of the United States, or one who had declared his intention to become such, could locate lode or placer mining claims in Alaska without limit as to number.- He could also locate the same as agent for another without having any power of attorney, although it had long been the custom of prospectors to procure such powers of attorney.
By the act of Congress passed August 1, 1912, it is provided :
“That no person shall hereafter locate any placer-mining claim in Alaska as attorney for another unless he is duly authorized thereto by a power…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Creede & Cripple Creek Mining & Milling Co. v. Uinta Tunnel Mining & Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Ford v. CampbellNevada Supreme Court · 1907
- Brewster v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1900
- Redden v. HarlanDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1905
- Debney v. IlesDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1907
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- Woodman v. EriksonDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1914