Iditarod pioneer., 1915-08-28
BOB GRlFFIS
 BEGINS SUIT

A suit was filed in the district court on Thursday, Aug lY, which is more than local interest, involving as it does title to valua- ble mining property in the Ruby mining district, in which several we'll l-known mining men are or have been interested, and which the Yukon Gold Company has recently ac qured and intends, so 1t IS reported, to de velop by means of dredge, the first to be installed in the Ruby district.
 The case Is entitled R. H. Griffis, plain tiff, versus Thomas J. Coffey John E. Holm gren and the Yukon Gold Company" and is brought to recover the sum of SS 1000, being the alleged value of an eighth interest in the Tanglefoot Association placer mining claim, situate on Greensboro creek, a tributary of Long creek, in the Ruby district, which Grittis alleges is being wrongfully withheld from him.
 The complaint alleges that on or about September 6, 1911, D. Sutherland, William Shroyer Ed Fernald, James Aitchison, Harry Lawrence, Sam Sanderson F. Hawkes. and the plaintiff, by virtue of valid mining location, became the owners of the Tangle foot claim, each being the owner of an un. divided one-eighth interest; that thereafter the plaintiff gave to the defendant Thomas J. Cottey his power of attorney to sell or lease the plaintiffs interest; that thereafter Cotfey fraudulently transferred to some member of his family, without plaintiffs knowledge, and without any consideration, the interest of the plaintiff in said claim; that it was the intention of Coffey to de fraud plaintiff of his rights in the said claim, and that at the time of the transfer the claim was known by Coffey to contain val uable minerals; that thereafter, without the plaintiffs knowledge or consent, the said Cotfey caused the interest formerly owned by the plaintiff to be conveyed to himself, which conveyance was without value and made with intention to defrald that there after, on or about March 10, 1914, Coffey, Aitchison, Lawrence, Sutherland and Shroyer, executed an agreement with John Holmgren, Duncan Michie and Pete Jensen to sell the Tanglefoot claim to the latter named three men for S64 1000. It is further alleged that Jensen and Mchie thereafter assigned their interests to John Holmgren, and that Holmgren assigned the property to the Yukon Gold Company
 The plaintiff alleges that he has not re- ceived from either of the defendants any part of the purchase price of the Tanglefoot claim, and that by reason of the fraudulent conveyance made by plaintiffs agent, Cof- fey, he has been deprived of his propor- tion of the payments made under the agree ment, and that unless his rights are pro tected by the court he will be wrongfully deprived of his proportion of the purchase price, an undivided one-eighth of the s64,0OO
 Plaintiff asks judgment against the de fendants for the sum of sS,000, and for an accounting as against Coffey of all moneys heretofore paid to him as holder of the plaintiffs one eighth interest in said claim, and for judgment for such sums He fur ther asks that John Holmgren and the Yukon Gold Company be enjoined from paying to Coffey any part of the purchase price of the Tanglefoot Association claim until the rights of the plaintiff have been determined He also demands costs and disbursements of the suit.
 The complaint is signed by E. Nj. Stanton as attorney for the plaintiff