Paroni v. Ellison
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, Eureka County. The testimony relative to the question of actual possession by the plaintiff and his grantor is briefly and substantially as follows: McLeod located the land in dispute on the sixteenth day of February, 1876, and marked the lines with brush fence and blazed trees. At the time of his location there had been no appropriation of the land.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, Eureka County. The testimony relative to the question of actual possession by the plaintiff and his grantor is briefly and substantially as follows: McLeod located the land in dispute on the sixteenth day of February, 1876, and marked the lines with brush fence and blazed trees. At the time of his location there had been no appropriation of the land. He erected a cabin and put men at work upon the ranch chopping wood. On the seventh day of September, 1877, he sold the ranch to plaintiff and J. J. Maggaroli, and put them in…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, J.:
This is an action of ejectment to recover a certain tract of land situated in Eureka county. The plantiff obtained judgment and the defendants appeal.
1. It is claimed that the deed from McLeod to Paroni is void for uncertainty of description and that the description does not embrace the premises in dispute. The description in the deed is as follows: “That certain piece or parcel of timber land lying and being about forty-five miles, northerly direction, from the town of Eureka, * * * and the said timber land being known as McLeod wood ranch and containing about five…
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