Streeter v. Johnson
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of tbe State of Nevada, Eureka county; A. L. Fitzgerald, District Judge: Action by J. C. Streeter against Hiram Johnson and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Tbe facts sufficiently appear in tbe opinion.
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Appeal from the District Court of tbe State of Nevada, Eureka county; A. L. Fitzgerald, District Judge: Action by J. C. Streeter against Hiram Johnson and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Tbe facts sufficiently appear in tbe opinion. I. Among the other safeguards provided in the chattel mortgage law of this state is a requirement that tbe mortgage shall be recorded in each of the counties in which the property is situated, otherwise the mortgage is declared invalid and void. How is the phrase “ all property of a personal nature in either of said counties” to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Bigelow, C. J.:
Action of replevin for certain personal property described in the complaint, or 'for its value in the sum of $3,000, in case delivery cannot be had, to the possession of which the plaintiff claims to be entitled as mortgagee, under the following circumstances:
July 21, 1887, the Star Mining and Smelting Company, a Nevada corporation, having its principal place of business in the town of Sherwood, Eureka county, Nevada, borrowed from the plaintiff $3,000, for which it executed and delivered its promissory note, due 60 days after date. It was at the same time agreed…
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