Carville v. McBride
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Elko County; James A. Callahan, Judge. Suit by Ed. Carville against J. A. McBride, Mayor of the City of Elko, T. F. Brennen and others, Supervisors of the City of Elko, and the City of Elko and the Board of Supervisors thereof. From judgment sustaining defendants’ demurrer to the complaint, and for defendants upon the merits, and denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Elko County; James A. Callahan, Judge. Suit by Ed. Carville against J. A. McBride, Mayor of the City of Elko, T. F. Brennen and others, Supervisors of the City of Elko, and the City of Elko and the Board of Supervisors thereof. From judgment sustaining defendants’ demurrer to the complaint, and for defendants upon the merits, and denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals. As it deprived qualified electors of the right to vote, the election was a nullity. Provisions as to the time, place and legal qualifications of electors are of the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Coleman, J.:
Appellant having been plaintiff in the court below, the parties will be referred to in this opinion as plaintiff and defendants.
On August 20, 1920, W. T. Smith, the owner of the Elko water-works, offered to sell the same to the city of Elko for the sum of $150,000. On September 30, 1920, a petition, signed by the necessary number of property owners, was filed with the board of supervisors of the city, praying that the board negotiate for the purchase of said water system. Thereafter the mayor and board of supervisors took action leading to the *309acquisition of said,…
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