Hershiser v. Ward
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; Tí. F. Curler, Judge. Action by A. E. Hershiser and others against B. W. Ward and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; Tí. F. Curler, Judge. Action by A. E. Hershiser and others against B. W. Ward and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. I. That the liability of an abstracter for negligently making an abstract of title, whereby a purchaser is led into purchasing a worthless title, is secondary to a supposed remedy against the purchaser’s grantor, is, we believe, without authority of law or reason. Surely such a decision is…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Fitzgerald, C. J.:
On the 1st day of May, 1904, the appellants here, as plaintiffs in the court below, filed therein their second amended complaint; the matters alleged therein and pertinent to this appeal are stated as follows: "That on or about the 24th day of June, 1902, the plaintiffs employed said defendants, as such copartners, as aforesaid, for fees and reward to them by plaintiffs paid, to examine and furnish to plaintiffs a true, accurate, full, and correct abstract of the title to that certain lot, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in the then Town [now…
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