Small v. Robbins
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe .County; John S. Orr, Judge. Action by Fred L. Small and others against Ida Robbins. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. On petition for rehearing, rehearing granted; but former opinion affirmed by Sweeney, C. J., Talbot, J., concurring, Norcross, J., dissenting. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The respondent has no prescriptive title.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe .County; John S. Orr, Judge. Action by Fred L. Small and others against Ida Robbins. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. On petition for rehearing, rehearing granted; but former opinion affirmed by Sweeney, C. J., Talbot, J., concurring, Norcross, J., dissenting. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The respondent has no prescriptive title. On the trial of the case there was set up the adverse possession of the land in controversy by the defendant and her title thereto by…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sweeney, J.:
This action was instituted on the 10th day of December, 1907, by the above-named appellants against the respondent to recover possession of a portion of lot 48 in the river front, in the city of Reno, as shown by the original official plat and survey of the town (now city) of Reno. On the 4th day of September, 1901, and for some time prior thereto, the respondent was the owner by title deeds of lots 45, 46, and 47 of said river front, and was the owner of the same continuously from said time down to the institution of this action. On the said 4th day of September,…
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