Bancroft v. Pike ex rel. Washoe County
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Application for certiorari by W. H. Bancroft against W. H. A. Pike, District Judge of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County, to review an order made by such court remanding a cause to a justice’s court. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Original proceeding. Application for certiorari by W. H. Bancroft against W. H. A. Pike, District Judge of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County, to review an order made by such court remanding a cause to a justice’s court. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. This case now presents the following points for determination: 1. Was the service sufficient in the justice’s court? 2. If the service was insufficient, was the appearance of the defendant special or general, and was jurisdiction conferred upon the lower court to try the case on its merits? 3. After…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
NORCROSS, C. J.:
This is an original proceeding in certiorari to review an order of the Second Judicial District Court in and for *78Washoe County, W. H. A. Pike, district judge, made on the 27th day of April, 1910, remanding to the justice court of Reno Township a certain case appealed to said district court from said justice court, entitled W. H. Bancroft, Plaintiff, v. G. S. Phenix and C. S. Stanley, Copartners, doing business under the firm name and style of Phenix & Stanley, Defendants, and further directing that all the files in the case be returned to said justice’s court.
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