United States v. Lynch

FULL, District Judge.

On the 16th day of October, 1924, this suit was brought on the equity side of the court by the United States against Jennie Lynch and her husband, William Lynch, to enjoin them from driving certain piling and erecting and maintaining certain permanent structures on the shore (that is, the land over which the tide ebbs and flows) of Tongass Narrows, a navigable arm of the sea in Alaska, upon which the city of'Ketchikan is situated. Plaintiff’s amended complaint sets up three causes of action, each of which alleges that plaintiff is the owner in fee of the shoreland…