Chase v. Savage Silver Mining Co.
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the First Judicial District, the Hon. Caleb Burbank, presiding. All the facts which have any bearing on the points decided, are stát'ed in the .opinion. Very voluminous briefs and arguments were filed by all the counsel on each side. The discussion took so wide a range that it would be impossible to give even a condensed synopsis of the various arguments without extending this report to a most unreasonable length.
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Appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the First Judicial District, the Hon. Caleb Burbank, presiding. All the facts which have any bearing on the points decided, are stát'ed in the .opinion. Very voluminous briefs and arguments were filed by all the counsel on each side. The discussion took so wide a range that it would be impossible to give even a condensed synopsis of the various arguments without extending this report to a most unreasonable length. We have therefore omitted giving any statement of the various points made. After the rendition of the decision, a rehearing was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Lewis, O. J., Brosnan, J., concurring.
This action was brought to recover an interest of sixty-six and two-thirds feet in the Savage Silver Mining ground, of which plaintiff claims he is unlawfully deprived by the defendant.
The established facts material to the issue are substantially as follows: On the fourth day of July, a.d. 1859,L. C. Savage and H. Carmack located the ledge now claimed by the defendant, for themselves and four others, among whom was the plaintiff. At the time of such location the plaintiff was residing in the State of California, and knew nothing of the location.…
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