Legal Opinion

Tonopah Lumber Co. v. Riley

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1908No. 1744PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Nye County; J. P. O’Brien, Judge. Action by the Tonopah Lumber Company, a corporation, against M. M. Riley and another, copartners under the name of the Casino Athletic Club. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.

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Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Nye County; J. P. O’Brien, Judge. Action by the Tonopah Lumber Company, a corporation, against M. M. Riley and another, copartners under the name of the Casino Athletic Club. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The carpenters’ union was in no way a party to said contract, and the conversation had between the carpenters; union, and which the witness, Revert, testified to, was incompetent for the reason…

1Per curiam

This is an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants to recover for lumber and building material sold and delivered to defendants by plaintiff for the sum of $14,980.09, the payment of which it is alleged was to be guaranteed by the Nye and Ormsby County Bank, and that the lumber and building material was to be paid for as follows: One-half of all the lumber delivered to defendants before December 15, 1906, was to be paid in cash on that date, and the balance for the lumber used in the completion of the building known as the "fight arena” was to be paid on January 2,1907 — and it…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of GarcelonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Sharon v. MinnockNevada Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Ferris v. . HardNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. State v. ReedSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1874
  5. Dole v. WooldredgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McKenna v. IngersollNevada Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Hochschultz v. Potosi Zinc Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Wiggins v. PradereNevada Supreme Court · 1909

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