Aluminum Co. of America v. Frazer

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appellant, Aluminum Company of America, hereinafter Alcoa, set up in its complaint its title and possession, both surface and minerals, of a tract of 293.25 acres as described by metes and bounds, charged that the defendant, now appellee, J. S. Frazer, was making a hostile claim to part of the land and had trespassed upon it. The plaintiff prayed that the defendant be required to state by what right or title he was claiming an interest in the land, that he be enjoined from entering and prospecting upon it, and that the plaintiff’s title be quieted.

In his answer…