Gamble v. Hanchett
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; W. H. A. Pike, Judge. Action by B. A. Gamble and F. S. Chadbourne against L. J. Hanchett, The Silver Peak Mines, and others. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendants Wrights. The Silver Peak Mines and others appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; W. H. A. Pike, Judge. Action by B. A. Gamble and F. S. Chadbourne against L. J. Hanchett, The Silver Peak Mines, and others. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendants Wrights. The Silver Peak Mines and others appeal. Statement of Facts The mining properties sought to be affected by this proceeding are situated in Esmeralda County and for nearly a half century have been generally known as the Silver Peak Mines. Prior to 1877 they belonged to a corporation known as the Silver Peak and Red Mountain…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, J.
(after stating the facts):
A full understanding of this case has made it necessary to make a preliminary statement of more than ordinary length. The case as submitted to this court, after fifteen years of proceedings in the district courts of the state and the Circuit Court of the United States, is comprehended in twelve volumes of some five thousand printed and typewritten pages, and the many legal questions raised are illuminated by hundreds of pages of printed briefs. Fortunately there are few, if any, material facts *424in the case that may be considered from the…
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