State v. Central Pacific Railroad
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Washoe County. 11. B. Bigelow, District Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Washoe County. 11. B. Bigelow, District Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. Discussed at length the objects and purposes in view, which gave rise to the grants to the Pacific railroads; the distinctions between actions of the character now before the court and those in which the court have most generally announced the doctrine that “grants” said to be similar to the one now under discussion are “ grants in prmsenti,” and contend that the character of this action is such that the appellant has personal interest in the result,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Murphy, J.:
This action was brought by the state of Nevada to recover from the defendant a certain amount alleged to be due upon lands situate in V(ashoe county, under the state and county assessment, for taxes in the year 1887. There was assessed to the defendant for that year one hundred and forty thousand five hundred and fifty acres of land, valued at the sum of seventy thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars. The complaint is in the form prescribed by the statute. The answer contains four defenses. To this answer plaintiff demurred on the grounds that the “answer did…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Wright v. RoseberrySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Buttz v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Railway Co. v. McShaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
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