Valentine v. Hynes

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error brought this action in the court below against one J. J. McGrath and his tenant, Hirsch, to recover the possession of certain lots of land, and damages for their detention, stating in his complaint three causes of action — the first relating to lot 1 of block 3 in the town of Juneau, Alaska; the second relating to lots 2 and 3 of the same block; and the third to a specifically described portion of lot 1 of block G in the same town. McGrath answered the complaint, putting in issue its allegations, and also setting up an affirmative defense, in which,…