Legal Opinion

Fair v. Howard

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1871PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. This was one of two actions commenced in 1868, against II. C. Howard, William R. Armstrong and others, to foreclose mortgages.

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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. This was one of two actions commenced in 1868, against II. C. Howard, William R. Armstrong and others, to foreclose mortgages. The mortgage in this case was for the sum of ten thousand two hundred and forty-four dollars, upon- the undivided half of the “ Devil’s Gate Toll Road,” in Storey, Lyon and Ormsby Counties; and in ad- . dition to Howard and Armstrong, John Sime, B. F. Hastings, Joseph M. Douglass and Charles L. Low were made defendants. The other case Avas that of Charles L. Low v. Henry C. Howard and…

1Opinion of the Court

By Gabber, J.:

This is an action for the enforcement of the rights secured by a mortgage. The complaint alleges that on the nineteenth day of April, 1867, the defendant Howard made and delivered to the plaintiff his promissory note of that date, and at the same time, to secure its payment,- executed a mortgage conveying to the plaintiff certain real estate described; that said mortgage was duly recorded ; that defendant Armstrong and others claim an interest in the premises, subsequent to the mortgage lien, etc. IioAvard and Armstrong answered, setting up that one half of said mortgaged…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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  2. Bayley v. GreenleafSupreme Court of the United States · 1822
  3. In re HoweNew York Court of Chancery · 1828
  4. Corporation for the Relief of Poor Distressed Presbyterian v. WallaceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1831
  5. Mumford v. NicollCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1822

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3Cited by7 opinions

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