Alaska Treadwell Gold Min. Co. v. Whelan

168 U.S. 86

18 S.Ct. 40

42 L.Ed. 390

ALASKA TREADWELL GOLD MIN. CO.

v.

WHELAN.

No. 33.

October 18, 1897.

This was an action brought in the district court of the United States for the district of Alaska against a mining corporation by a workman in its employ. The complaint alleged: 'That on November 23, 1891, and for nearly six months prior thereto, this plaintiff was in the employ of said defendant, as a workman in the mine of said defendant, in breaking and preparing rock for the chutes, and doing other work, as ordered by the foreman of said defendant, one Samuel Finley, under whom this plaintiff…