Su Lee v. Peck
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; R. C. Stoddard, Judge. Suit by Su Lee and Charley Bi Yen, suing for themselves and others as members and on behalf of the Lin Hing Gungsha, or Joss House Society of Reno, Nevada, against F. J. Peck and others. From a judgment of nonsuit and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; R. C. Stoddard, Judge. Suit by Su Lee and Charley Bi Yen, suing for themselves and others as members and on behalf of the Lin Hing Gungsha, or Joss House Society of Reno, Nevada, against F. J. Peck and others. From a judgment of nonsuit and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiffs appeal. The court erred in entering the judgment of nonsuit, and refusing to grant a new trial, because the testimony showed a gift to the plaintiffs for a public charitable use. Under the facts in the case, the doctrine of charitable uses…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Coleman, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1. Su Lee and Charley Bi Yen, suing for themselves and others as members of and on behalf of the Lin Hing Gungsha, or Joss House Society of Reno, Nevada, an unincorporated society, brought suit against the defendants to quiet title to certain real estate. The pleadings are in the usual form. At the conclusion of the evidence offered on the part of the plaintiffs, a motion for a nonsuit was interposed. The court sustained the motion, upon the ground that an unincorporated…
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