State ex rel. Nevada Title Guaranty & Trust Co. v. Grimes
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Petition by the State, on the relation of The Nevada Title Guaranty and Trust Company, for writ of mandamus to Puddy Grimes, County Recorder of the County of Nye., The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. Moreover, it is well settled in law that, in the absence of a statute declaring the right of access and inspection, public records are no less subject to such inspection.
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Original proceeding. Petition by the State, on the relation of The Nevada Title Guaranty and Trust Company, for writ of mandamus to Puddy Grimes, County Recorder of the County of Nye., The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. Moreover, it is well settled in law that, in the absence of a statute declaring the right of access and inspection, public records are no less subject to such inspection. As said in Imm v. McCarty, 39 N. J. Law, 289, by the court, which was a case very similar to the one at bar, and in which there were provisions of statute declaring the right of public…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Talbot, J.:
To what extent is a company engaged in the business of furnishing abstracts and guaranteeing titles allowed to inspect, examine, and copy the records in the office of the county recorder, without the payment of fees, is the question presented.
From the petition, answer, and agreed statement of facts it appeals tha’t the respondent, as county recorder, has refused, and unless ordered' by this court will continue to refuse, to allow the relator, or its duly authorized secretary and general manager, either for itself or as agent for the owner of the property, to inspect,…
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