Adams v. Child
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Douglas County; M. A. Murphy, District Judge. Action by John Q. Adams against Evaline A. Child in ejectment. From a judgment of non-suit in said action of ejectment, plaintiff appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District Court, of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Douglas County; M. A. Murphy, District Judge. Action by John Q. Adams against Evaline A. Child in ejectment. From a judgment of non-suit in said action of ejectment, plaintiff appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. Appellant on the trial put in evidence his title, being in the form of patents, deeds, and judgments and decrees, which title is not disputed, and which leaves John Q. Adams the owner in fee of the lands described in the complaint. Plaintiff then rested. Defendant, without…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Fitzgerald, C. J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment of non-suit in an action of ejectment. Plaintiff’s complaint contained the following allegations:
"1. That on the day of ..............., the plaintiff was and ever since has been seized in fee and entitled to the possession of those certain pieces and parcels of lands situate in Douglas County, described as follows: All that certain piece lying north of a certain fence used as a line fence by plaintiff and defendant, within the S% of the SB% of Section 34, T. 14 N., R. 19 E., and also that certain piece lying north of said fence…
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