Legal Opinion
Stanley v. Sierra Nevada Silver Min. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada
Decided November 17, 1902No. 739PublishedCited by 2 opinions
On Demurrer.
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(orally). This is an action for the wrongful and unlawful conversion of a deposit of tailings alleged to be of the value of $5,000. It is alleged in the complaint:
“(4) That before and until the time hereinafter mentioned one W. H. Stanley was lawfully possessed of that certain tract or parcel of land *932situated in Cedar ravine, in Storey county, and state of Nevada, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the end of the sluices of the Mariposa Mill, in said Cedar ravine, and running thence in an easterly direction, following the course of said ravine, six hundred feet, with…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Clay v. City of St. AlbansWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
- Rogers v. CooneyNevada Supreme Court · 1872
- Garrard v. Silver Peak MinesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1897
- North Noonday Mining Co. v. Orient Mining Co.District Court, D. California · 1880
- Smith v. HancockCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1815
3Cited by2 opinions
- Ritter v. LynchDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1903
- Esmeralda Water Co. v. MacKleyNevada Supreme Court · 1949