County of Pershing v. Sixth Judicial District Court ex rel. County of Humboldt
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Sixth Judicial District Court, Humboldt County; E. F. Lunsford, Judge. Petition for writ of prohibition by the County of Pershing and others against the Sixth Judicial District Court and others, and petition for mandamus by the State of Nevada, on the relation, etc., against Tom P. Ebert and others and suit by Zoe Palmer Oden against John I. Peterson and others, resulting in an injunctive order, from which defendants appeal.
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Appeal from Sixth Judicial District Court, Humboldt County; E. F. Lunsford, Judge. Petition for writ of prohibition by the County of Pershing and others against the Sixth Judicial District Court and others, and petition for mandamus by the State of Nevada, on the relation, etc., against Tom P. Ebert and others and suit by Zoe Palmer Oden against John I. Peterson and others, resulting in an injunctive order, from which defendants appeal. On petition for rehearing, The district court of one county has no jurisdiction to enjoin the officers of another county from performing their official…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sanders, J.:
These cases were argued and submitted as a single case. For convenience we will refer to it as the case of Pershing County against Humboldt County, since it appears that the latter declines to recognize Pershing County as being a legally created and established county of the state.
On March 18, 1919, an act of the legislature was approved entitled “An act creating and organizing the county of Pershing out of a portion of Humboldt County, and providing for its government, and to regulate the affairs of Humboldt County and Pershing County.” Stats. 1919, p. 75. On the…
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