Little v. Virginia & Gold Hill Water Co.
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. This was an action to recover one thousand dollars damages for alleged interference with plaintiff’s right to use the water of a small stream flowing out of “Rose Canon ” in Ormsby County.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. This was an action to recover one thousand dollars damages for alleged interference with plaintiff’s right to use the water of a small stream flowing out of “Rose Canon ” in Ormsby County. The complaint described the defendant as “The Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company, a corporation,” and then proceeded to allege that it was “a corporation duly organized and doing business as such in the State of Nevada.” The object of the pleader was to sue a California corporation of that name ; and his intention doubtless…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, J.:
The complaint in this action alleges: “That the defendant is a corporation, duly organized, and doing business as such, in the State of Nevada.” The sheriff of Storey County certifies that he served the summons “by delivering to the defendant, The Yirginia and Gold Hill Water Company, a corporation, through its superintendent C. Overton, in the County of Storey, * * a copy of said summons attached to a certified copy of the complaint.” A copy of summons, together with a certified copy of the complaint, was also deposited in the post office at Carson City, Nevada,…
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