Forsyth v. Chambers
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Certiorari by Alexander Forsyth to review a judgment of J. K. Chambers, Justice of the Peace of Manhattan Township, Nye County, State of Nevada. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The judgment entered against the petitioner was- a default judgment, from which there was no appeal, and therefore certiorari is the only plain, speedy and adequate remedy.
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Original proceeding. Certiorari by Alexander Forsyth to review a judgment of J. K. Chambers, Justice of the Peace of Manhattan Township, Nye County, State of Nevada. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The judgment entered against the petitioner was- a default judgment, from which there was no appeal, and therefore certiorari is the only plain, speedy and adequate remedy. (Paul v. Armstrong, 1 Nev. 96; Little v. Currie, 5 Nev. 90; Bog v. Whit ford, 9 Nev. 370; Martin v. District Court, 13 Nev. 85, 90; Wiggins v. Henderson, 22 Nev. 103, 108; Pratt v. Stone, 25 Nev. 365, 373.) II.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, J.:
This is an original proceeding in certiorari to review the proceedings of the justice’s court of Manhattan Township, County of Nye, State of Nevada, made and entered on the 16th day of January, 1908, in the case of Thomas A. Patterson, Jr., plaintiff, against Alexander Forsyth, defendant. Action was brought by said plaintiff on the 12th day of December, 1907, to recover judgment against said defendant petitioner herein in the sum of $72.50. Summons was issued; and on the 18th day of December, 1908, the defendant not being found in the county, upon affidavit of…
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