Barnett v. County of Washoe

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

The narrow issue presented for our consideration on this appeal calls for our interpretation of the habendum clause set forth in the original deed that conveyed the property known as the Washoe County Golf Course to Washoe County.

*7321. The Facts.

In 1935, Messrs. Harlan L. Heward and Leo F. Schmitt and Country Club, Inc., owners of the property in question, deeded it to the County. The deed contained the following provision:

“This deed is made subject to the additional covenant, that the premises hereby conveyed shall be used and operated for golf and golfing…