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WELCOME v. JENNINGS

No. S-2875.

780 P.2d 1039 (1989)

Robert WELCOME, Appellant, v. George JENNINGS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Partnow, and Katheryn Bradley, Hellen, Partnow & Condon, Anchorage, and George W. Akers, Montgomery, Purdue, Blankinship & Austin, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

A. Lee Petersen, Law Offices of A. Lee Petersen, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal involves a dispute between two claimants over the exclusive right to possess and extract minerals from certain overlapping mining claims. We affirm the decision of the superior court.

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In April 1983, George Jennings went to some mining claims near Petersville hoping to find work.1 At the site, Jennings found lapsed stakes and location notices. The notices had been posted...

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