Blasdel v. Williams
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, Esmeralda County. This was an action brought by H. G. Blasdel and A. J. Pope to quiet their title to certain lodes or ledges of gold and silver bearing quartz, known as the Dolores, Potosi, Grant, ¿Etna, and Empire lodes, respectively, in the Wilson Mining District, Esmeralda County.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, Esmeralda County. This was an action brought by H. G. Blasdel and A. J. Pope to quiet their title to certain lodes or ledges of gold and silver bearing quartz, known as the Dolores, Potosi, Grant, ¿Etna, and Empire lodes, respectively, in the Wilson Mining District, Esmeralda County. The' complaint, after alleging that plaintiffs have legal title and are the owners and in possession of th® property, avers that defendant “clajms an estate and interest in said real property adverse to the plaintiffs’ right and a cloud upon their…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Whitman, C. J.:
This action‘is under the two hundred and fifty-sixth section of the Practice Act as follows: “An action may be brought by any person in possession, by himself or his tenant, of real property, against any person who claims an interest therein adverse to him, for the purpose of deter*168mining such adverse claim, estate or interest.” Respondents proved their possession, made some proof of title, and rested; appellant declined to introduce any testimony; whereupon a decree for respondents, finding their title valid and the claim of appellant void. A motion was made for a…
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- Crook v. ForsythCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
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