Zimmerman v. Funchion

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This was an action of ejectment tried before the court below by stipulation of the parties without a jury, and resulted in findings and judgment for the plaintiffs, who are the defendants in error here. The subject of the action is a strip of mining ground in the Fairbanks mining *83district of Alaska covered by Creek placer mining claim No. 6 Above Discovery on Dome Creek, under which the defendants in error claim, and by bench claim No. 6 First Tier Right Limit of Dome Creek, under which the plaintiffs in error claim. It is undisputed that the Creek claim was the prior…