Sutherland v. Purdy

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The questions presented by the writ of error on which this case comes here are whether under the act of Congress of August 1, 1912, a power of attorney, authorizing the location in Alaska of placer mining claims by one for another, is required to be recorded before any step in the matter of such location can be taken, and as to whether the court below erred in allowing parol proof of the contents of the power of attorney under which the placer mining claim in controversy was located for the defendant in error, Purdy, by one G. L. Gates. Subsequent to that location a part…