Legal Opinion

420 Mining Co. v. Bullion Mining Co.

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1874PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. The property in controversy in this case consisted of four hundred and twenty feet of mining ground on the Comstock Ledge, next south of the Chollar claim, in Storey County. The facts are.fully stated in the opinion. There was a judgment for defendant. Plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was refused, and it then appealed from the judgment and order.

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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. The property in controversy in this case consisted of four hundred and twenty feet of mining ground on the Comstock Ledge, next south of the Chollar claim, in Storey County. The facts are.fully stated in the opinion. There was a judgment for defendant. Plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was refused, and it then appealed from the judgment and order. I. The statute of limitations of this State cannot have any application, because no act of a state can cut off or limit rights conferred on the citizen by the federal…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Hawley, J.:

This action was commenced on the 29th day of November, 1872. It is alleged in the complaint that plaintiff is now, and it and its grantors have been since 1859, the own*245ers of, in the possession of, and entitled to the possession of certain mining ground, consisting of four hundred and twenty feet (described by metes and bounds); that the defendant claims an estate or interest therein, adverse to plaintiff, and that said claim is without any right; that on' the 16th day of November, 1865, the Bullion Mining Company, defendant herein, commenced an action in the District…

2Cited by18 opinions

  1. Altoona Quicksilver Mining Co. v. Integral Quicksilver Mining Co.California Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Adair v. the Traco DivisionSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. Humphreys v. Idaho Gold Mines Development Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Rose v. Richmond Mining Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1882
  5. Upton v. Santa Rita Mining Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1907

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