Legal Opinion
Gerlach Live Stock Co. v. Laxalt
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 1930No. 2792PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The pleadings in this case are framed for general damages only, caused by alleged depasturing of land. What was said by this court in Pyramid L. L.S. Co. v. Pierce, 30 Nev. 237, with relation to special damages is applicable here. In that case and in Jensen v. Pradere, 39 Nev. 466, the court fixed the method of establishing damages as the reasonable value of the lands for pasture purposes. See, also, Risse et ux. v. Collins et al., 87 P. 1006.
On the question of the necessity of alleging special damages we find the rule laid down in 17 C.J. at pp. 1002-4. Perhaps no other rule is supported by…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. PrenticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Scott v. DonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The Amiable NancySupreme Court of the United States · 1818
- Cosfriff Bros. v. MillerWyoming Supreme Court · 1902
- Voltz v. . BlackmarNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Flame Coal Company v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Pringle Tax Service, Inc. v. KnoblauchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Barber v. HohlNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1956
- Alex Novack & Sons v. HoppinNevada Supreme Court · 1961
- City of Reno v. Silver State Flying Service, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court · 1968
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