Jones v. Patrick
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada
In Equity. On plea in bar. This is a suit in equity for the specific performance of an oral agreement or contract in relation to certain mines, mining claims, and locations situate in Goldfield mining district, Nev., and for a decree adjudging that defendants hold an undivided one-half of the one-fourth portion of the property described in the bill of complaint; that a conveyance therein mentioned, made by Lucien L. Patrick to the Nevada Mining & Exploration Company, be…
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In Equity. On plea in bar. This is a suit in equity for the specific performance of an oral agreement or contract in relation to certain mines, mining claims, and locations situate in Goldfield mining district, Nev., and for a decree adjudging that defendants hold an undivided one-half of the one-fourth portion of the property described in the bill of complaint; that a conveyance therein mentioned, made by Lucien L. Patrick to the Nevada Mining & Exploration Company, be canceled; that the one-fourth interest in said property be partitioned off, by comissioners appointed for that purpose,…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(after stating the facts). It must, at the outset, be admitted that several of the questions involved herein are exceedingly close, and require, as they have received, a careful consideration of the rules upon the subject at issue, under the facts stated in the pleadings. The arguments of the respective counsel, and briefs filed by them, show commendable zeal and careful search in the citations of authorities having any bearing upon the case. The matter of law involved herein has been ably presented by both sides, and the court has been thereby materially aided in a determination of the…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Hobbs v. McLeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Bibb v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- King v. . BarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Seymour v. FreerSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Bates v. BabcockCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hoge v. GeorgeWyoming Supreme Court · 1921
- Botsford v. Van RiperNevada Supreme Court · 1910
- Jones v. PatrickU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1906
- Montrose v. SchneiderNevada Supreme Court · 1968