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On May 17, 1912, two actions were commenced in the commissioner’s court in and for Fairbanks precinct, Fourth judicial division, territory of Alaska, one by Paul Ringseth against Sam Vlik & Co. and the other by Jack McLean *294 against Sam Vlik & Co. Sam Vlik & Co. was a copartnership composed of Sam Vlik, Dan Vlik, and Mike Onak, engaged in mining. In each of the actions, the plaintiff therein sought to recover from the defendants therein the sum of $1,000, alleged to-be due and owing on an express contract for the payment of money. A summons and a writ of attachment were issued in each of the actions, and placed in the hands of a deputy United States marshal for service, and the same were served upon Dan Vlik, one of the partners, during the night of May 17, 18, 1912, It appears from the returns made by the deputy marshal to the writs of attachment that the same were executed by attaching all of the right, title, and interest of the defendants in the actions in and to one lot of wood and provisions situated on Discovery claim, Chatanika river, Fairbanks recording district, territory of Alaska. It appears from the testimony that there were two piles or lots of wood on the claim…