Olson

Tee-Hit-Ton Tribe of Tlingit Indians ex. rel. U. S. v. Olson

Good Law
10 Alaska 412·144 F.2d 347·1944 U.S. App. LEXIS 2817
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 17, 1944No. 10611California280 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Fee, J.

This action is brought by a member of the Tee-Hit-Ton Tribe on a complaint containing three causes of action wherein it is claimed that the tribe is the owner of certain rights of fishery, and it is further claimed that Congress and the Secretary of the Interior and other officials have infringed thereon by the Fishery Acts and Regulations. Injunction and other relief is sought. A demurrer was sustained to the complaint by the District Court of Alaska up *414 on the ground that plaintiff had no legal capacity to sue. The court entered an order sustaining the demurrer but refused to order the dismissal of the action. Appeal was taken from the order entered. A motion has been made to dismiss the appeal.

In Alaska, by statute, there is a requirement'that judgment shall be given upon the sustaining of a demurrer unless the party is allowed to plead over Section 3698, Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1933. Where a demurrer is sustained and there is an opportunity to take further action, since the statutory judgment has not been entered, the order sustaining the demurrer has no finality. Since no judgment entered, no appeal will lie. A “final decision” has not yet been entered. See 28 U.S.C.A.…

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