Reed v. Harkrader

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error was in the possession of a parcel of land in Juneau, Alaska, claiming to own the same through the will of George Harkrader, deceased. The defendant in error brought ejectment, claiming that she was the only child and sole heir of George Harkrader, and that the will was void as to her for its failure to mention her. It was conceded that under the law of Alaska, if a testator having a legitimate child devises his property by will without mention of the child, the will is, so far as she is concerned, void. The controversy in the court below concerned…