Meadow Valley Mining Co. v. Dodds
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, Lincoln county. This was an action, as originally commenced, by the Meadow Valley Mining Company, John H. Ely and W. H. Raymond against Elliott Dodds, William Dodds, Frank Dodds and Thomas Dodds, to recover possession of the “ Floral Spring Ranch ” in Lincoln County, damages for the withholding thereof, and for rents and profits ; and also for an injunction to restrain working on said ranch, or removing any of…
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Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, Lincoln county. This was an action, as originally commenced, by the Meadow Valley Mining Company, John H. Ely and W. H. Raymond against Elliott Dodds, William Dodds, Frank Dodds and Thomas Dodds, to recover possession of the “ Floral Spring Ranch ” in Lincoln County, damages for the withholding thereof, and for rents and profits ; and also for an injunction to restrain working on said ranch, or removing any of the valuable waters from the springs thereon. A previous appeal in the same case is reported in 5 Nev. 261. After the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Lewis, C. J.:
The plaintiff applied for a removal of this action into the circuit court of the United States, under the act of congress of March 2d, 1867, which provides: “ That where a suit is now pending or may hereafter be brought in any state court, in which there is a controversy between a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought and a citizen of another state, and the matter in dispute exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars, exclusive of costs, such citizen of another state, whether he be plaintiff or defendant, if he will make and file in such state court an…
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