Southern Pac. Co. v. City of Reno
District Court, D. Nevada
In Equity. Suit to quiet title by the Southern Pacific Company and another against the City of Reno. This is a suit to quiet title to a tract of land situated In the city of Heno, Nov., between Plaza street and the railroad tracks, and extending from Virginia street to Sierra street.
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In Equity. Suit to quiet title by the Southern Pacific Company and another against the City of Reno. This is a suit to quiet title to a tract of land situated In the city of Heno, Nov., between Plaza street and the railroad tracks, and extending from Virginia street to Sierra street. It is 300 feet long by 92 feet wide, and within 200 feet from the center of plaintiffs' railroad tracks as originally placed With reference to (he government surveys, it is in the S. W. 14 of the N. 14, % of section 11, township 19 N., range 19 E. M. D. B. & M. The railroad was constructed as contemplated by Act…
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The city of Reno contends that Myron Lake’s pre-emption claim attached to the land in controversy before the right of way grant was made, and that Charles Crocker, having acquired Lake’s title, sold a large number of town lots in Reno during the years immediately following 1866, by reference to an official map or maps then on file in the offices of the county clerk or county recorder of Washoe county; that Crocker caused these maps to be made and filed; on them there is an open space, marked “Plaza,” extending along the north side of the railroad company’s…
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