Bank of Alaska v. Ashland

The appellants, in 1918, by warranty deed, conveyed lot 8, block 7, of the town of Cordova, Alaska, according to the plat thereof, to the respondent. The lot as platted is 25 x 100 feet, and at the time of the deed there was a building on it cover*573ing 21 x 100 feet, the remaining four feet being used as an alleyway. After the respondent bad gone into possession of the property, it attempted to close this alley, whereupon suit was begun against it in the district court of Alaska to enjoin the respondent’s action, and that court determined that the alleyway was a public one and bad been so…