Legal Opinion

Perkins v. Barnes

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1867PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Hon. Richard Rising, Judge. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Lewis, J., Beatty, C. J.,

concurring.

The plaintiffs bring this action to recover possession of certain personal property, which they allege is wrongfully detained from them by defendant.

The answer denies the plaintiff’s title and right of possession, admits the detention, but denies that such detention is wrongful; it is then alleged that the defendant is the owner, and entitled to the possession of the property.

Upon these pleadings, the case was tried without a jury, the Judge below finding the facts and rendering judgment thereon in favor of the plaintiffs. From this judgment the…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Commissioner v. WilcoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Studebaker Bros. Co. of Utah v. WitcherNevada Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Ward v. Carson River Wood Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Wilcox v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
  5. Nielsen v. HylandUtah Supreme Court · 1918

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