Ellis v. Reed

(after stating the facts as above).

The appellant contends that the appellee’s assignors obtained no lien upon the mining claim by their attachments, for the reason that no certificate was filed in compliance with section 974, Compiled Laws of Alaska, which provides that, if real property be attached, the marshal shall make a certificate, and within ten days from the date of the attachment shall deliver the same to the commissioner for record in the district in which the real property is situated, and declares: “When such certificate is so filed for record, the lien in favor of the plaintiff…