Dayton Valley Investors, LLC v. Union Pacific Railroad

Amended Order 1

EDWARD C. REED, JR., District Judge.

This diversity case involves a dispute over ownership of a strip of land located in Lyon County, Nevada. Plaintiff and Counterdefendant Dayton Valley Investors, LLC (“Dayton Valley”) claims ownership of the disputed property in fee simple, acquired either by deed or, in the alternative, by adverse possession. Dayton Valley alleges that Defendant and Counter-claimant Union Pacific Railroad Company (“Union Pacific”) owned only an easement in the disputed property, which it has since abandoned. Union Pacific, however, also claims a fee interest…