Orr Ditch & Water Co. v. Justice Court of Reno Township

OPINION

By the Court,

Horsey, J.:

This proceeding is an application for prohibition to arrest certain proceedings pending in the justice court of Reno township, county of Washoe, State of Nevada, which were instituted under the provisions of an act passed in 1866, entitled “An Act to secure persons and animals from danger arising from mining and other excavations.” Statutes of Nevada 1866, pp. 59-61, N.C.L.1929, secs. 5630-5635.

Proceedings under said act were commenced in the respondent court by the filing of a notice (exhibit A attached to said application) by Harlan L. Heward, a private…