White v. Sheldon
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. This cause was tried before the Judge of the Third Judicial District, who for the time occupied the bench. The matters of fact found by him are stated in the opinion. As conclusions of law he found that no trust existed at any time in Johnson in favor of White as to any of the mining ground purchased by Johnson, nor any trust at any time in Sheldon after the property passed into him.
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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. This cause was tried before the Judge of the Third Judicial District, who for the time occupied the bench. The matters of fact found by him are stated in the opinion. As conclusions of law he found that no trust existed at any time in Johnson in favor of White as to any of the mining ground purchased by Johnson, nor any trust at any time in Sheldon after the property passed into him. The judgment was for the dismissal of the plaintiff’s bill with costs. I. The findings of the Court show that the trust in Johnson was…
1Opinion of the Court
' By the Court,
Lewis, J.
The material facts involved in this case are very fully presented’ in the proceedings of the Judge below, from which the following may be adopted as a statement of the case sufficient for an understanding of the questions presented for determination upon this appeal.
■ “'That N. P. Sheldon, defendant, was in 1861 and theretofore and so continued to be a tenant in common with certain persons composing and known as the Uncle Sam Mining Company, and as such tenant in common held an undivided interest of thirty-five feet, more or less, in said company’s mining ground,…
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