Supreme Court of the United States January 22, 1912, 84 (Waskey v. Hammer)

Mr. Justice Van Devanter

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment, the subject-matter of which was the overlapping portions of two placer mining claims in Alaska, one known as. the Golden Bull and the other as the Bon Voyage. The plaintiffs claimed the area in conflict as. part of the Golden Bull, and .the defendants claimed it as part of the Bon Voyage.