Southern Nevada Gold & Silver Mining Co. v. Holmes Mining Co.
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; O. B. Mach, J udge. Ejectment by the Southern Nevada Hold and Silver Mining Company against the Holmes Mining Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The right of cross-examination was denied defendant by the trial court.
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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; O. B. Mach, J udge. Ejectment by the Southern Nevada Hold and Silver Mining Company against the Holmes Mining Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The right of cross-examination was denied defendant by the trial court. Plaintiff, to maintain its case, called and examined Fred Corkhill as a witness, who, being duly sworn, testified to the extraction "of ore by the defendant; that he was familiar with the work which the…
1Opinion of the Court
The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. This is an action of ejectment for the recovery of the possession of plaintiff's mine and damages for ore extracted. It was tried by the First Judicial District Court and a jury, and a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff for the possession of the mine, and for damages in the sum of $48,000. A motion for a new trial was made and overruled, and from the order and judgment an appeal has been taken.
It was conceded at the trial that respondent was the owner of the Chief of the Hill claim, and appellant the owner of the Northern Belle, First Easterly…
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