Nixon v. Brown

*443By the Court,

McNamara, District Judge:

Respondents commenced an action in equity in the Sixth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada to set aside a certain instrument designated a “deed *444of trufet,” executed on the 17th day of July, 1908, by the late George S. Nixon, then United States senator from Nevada, which position of honor and trust he held until his death, by which instrument certain premises situate in the town of Winnemucca, known as the “Nixon Opera House,” were conveyed to certain residents of said town as trustees for the benefit of the people of Winnemucea, subject to…