Triplett v. David H. Fulstone Co.

OPINION

This dispute involves approximately thirty-five acres of land located in Lyon County and abutting the Walker River. Both the appellants, Everett and Edna Triplett (Tripletts), and the respondents, David H. Fulstone Company and Claude and Hazel Chisum (Fulstones), claim title to the property based upon three deeds that Lyon County executed to their predecessor in interest. We conclude that Lyon County’s deed to the Tripletts’ predecessor in interest was a valid conveyance of the property which, being the first conveyance in time, takes precedence over the later conveyances to Fulstones’…