Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co. v. Alaska Gastineau Mining Co.

The facts in the case as found by the court below are, in substance, the following: In August, 1909, a representative of the appellants approached the attorney for the International Trust Company, the predecessor in interest of-the appellee, and stated that it was the desire of appellants to secure possession and control of the Sheep creek power plant, then owned by the trust company, and construct upon the millsites, upon which said power plant was situated, a water power plant of substantial size and efficiency of a capacity to produce 3,000 horse power, and in exchange for said property to…