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Hess v. Pegg

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1871PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The defendants, officers of Washoe County, against the removal of whose offices from Washoe city to Reno the injunction was obtained, were Charles W. Pegg, Sheriff; H. L. Fish, Recorder ; J. S. Shoemaker, Clerk ; Robert Fraser, Treasurer ; Wm. Thompson, Assessor; and Wm. M. Boardman, District Attorney.

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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The defendants, officers of Washoe County, against the removal of whose offices from Washoe city to Reno the injunction was obtained, were Charles W. Pegg, Sheriff; H. L. Fish, Recorder ; J. S. Shoemaker, Clerk ; Robert Fraser, Treasurer ; Wm. Thompson, Assessor; and Wm. M. Boardman, District Attorney. The complaint was filed March 21st, and the injunction pendente lite ordered April 1st, 1871. I. It has been held in this state that the legislature may create a county, or change the boundaries of a county, or fix a…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Whitman, J.:

The legislature of this state, at its last session, passed an act fixing the county seat of Washoe County, after a certain date, at the town of Reno, in said county. Thenbefore, Washoe City had been the county seat. Respondent, upon his bill in equity, sought and obtained, from the district court in and for said county, an injunction pendente lite, restraining the appellants, county officers, from removing their offices and archives, as provided by the statute referred to. From that order this appeal is taken.

For the purpose of the present opinion, it will be assumed…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Stocking v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1855
  2. Gentile v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
  3. State ex rel. Clarke v. IrwinNevada Supreme Court · 1869
  4. Bankhead v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  5. State ex rel. Ash v. ParkinsonNevada Supreme Court · 1869

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  2. State ex rel. Rosenstock v. SwiftNevada Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Evans v. JobNevada Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Cauble v. BeemerNevada Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Goble v. SimeralNebraska Supreme Court · 1903

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