State ex rel. Jennett v. Stevens
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Application for writ of mandamus by the State, on the relation of Edward C. Jen-nett, against Theron Stevens. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The act of February 20, 1869 (Comp. Laws, 339-347), the general state act covering the execution of townsite trusts, contains no provision whatever for any survey of the townsite lots.
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Original proceeding. Application for writ of mandamus by the State, on the relation of Edward C. Jen-nett, against Theron Stevens. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The act of February 20, 1869 (Comp. Laws, 339-347), the general state act covering the execution of townsite trusts, contains no provision whatever for any survey of the townsite lots. Examined to its last analysis it resolves itself into the proposition that the trustee, after receiving patent, shall deed to each and every person shown to be an occupant or possessor, the land actually occupied or possessed as a…
1Per curiam
This is an original proceeding in mandamus to compel the respondent, as trustee of the Goldfield townsite, to execute and deliver to plaintiff a deed to a certain lot *138within said townsite upon the payment of the sum of $1.50, or a sum not greater than $4.50, which latter amount is alleged to have been tendered by the petitioner to the respondent. Prior to January 1, 1911, the respondent was one of the two district judges of the Seventh Judicial District. By virtue of his office as such judge, he became trustee of the federal townsite of Goldfield, and in pursuance of law (Comp. Laws, 347)…
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