Waskey v. Hammer

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The subject-matter of this action is a piece of mining ground in Alaska, covered by two overlapping mining locations; that under which the defendants in error (who were plaintiffs in the court below) claim having been made in January, 1904, under the name of “Golden Bull” claim, and that under which the plaintiffs in error (who were the defendants below) assert their rights having been made in January, 1902, under the name of “Bon Voyage” mining claim. The latter was made by the plaintiff in error Whittren, who afterwards executed a deed to Eadie of an undivided interest…