Treadway v. Wilder
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. Tbis was an action of ejectment for a lot of about four acres of land on Minnesota Street in Carson City.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. Tbis was an action of ejectment for a lot of about four acres of land on Minnesota Street in Carson City. Tbe cause was tried before a jury, wbicb rendered a general verdict for plaintiff and a special verdict tbat defendant by bimself and tenants bad been in tbe possession and occupancy of tbe land ever since May 10, 1866 — wbicb appears to bave been tbe date of tbe patent of tbe United States to Judge S. H. Wright, as trustee for tbe town-site of Carson City. Tbe facts more especially bearing upon tbe points…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Whitman, J.:
To respondent’s complaint, in an action for the recovery of real property, appellant pleaded, or attempted to plead, an equitable defense and prayed equitable relief. The respondent relied upon two muniments of title for recovery. Eor a portion of the land, (what portion is not shown by the transcript,) he presented a patent from the United States; for the residue, a deed made by Judge S. H. Wright, acting as trustee under a statute of this State purporting to be passed in accordance with the c 1 act for the relief of citizens of towns upon lands of the United States,…
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