Sargent v. Collins
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, County of Lyon, Hon. Wm. Haydon, presiding. ' . 1st. The Court erred in overruling plaintiff’s demurrer to defendant N. P. Sheldon’s answer. 2d. The Court erred in allowing the deposition of S. W. Collins to be read as evidence on the trial of said cause. 3d.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, County of Lyon, Hon. Wm. Haydon, presiding. ' . 1st. The Court erred in overruling plaintiff’s demurrer to defendant N. P. Sheldon’s answer. 2d. The Court erred in allowing the deposition of S. W. Collins to be read as evidence on the trial of said cause. 3d. The Court erred in permitting the defendant Sheldon to testify that he was not a member of the firm of Collins & Co., such evidence tending to vary, contradict and destroy his own written contract in evidence herein. 4th. The Court erred in overruling plaintiff’s motion for…
1Dissent
Dissenting opinion of
Johnson, J.
No additional points are presented by appellant’s counsel in their petition for a rehearing in this case, and after a reexamination of the questions to be reviewed, I can discover no sufficient reason why I should not adhere to the views expressed by me in the former dissenting opinion, so far as they may apply to this appeal.
The point wherein I differ with the majority of the Court is now especially contained in that portion of the dissenting opinion as follows: “ Opposed to the views of a majority of the Court on this point, I think that the Court below…
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