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Terry v. Berry

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1878No. 875PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Humboldt County. The court below found, among other facts, that Ginaca & Gintz were partners from 1868 up to January, 1875, engaged in business at Mill City and Winnemueca in Humboldt county; “ that on the twelfth day of November, 1874, Geo.

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Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Humboldt County. The court below found, among other facts, that Ginaca & Gintz were partners from 1868 up to January, 1875, engaged in business at Mill City and Winnemueca in Humboldt county; “ that on the twelfth day of November, 1874, Geo. G. Berry, as trustee of the town site of Winnemueca, having received from the said Ginaca & Gintz the sum of four hundred dollars, in payment for the premises hereinafter described, together with a description of said premises then in possession of the said Ginaca & Gintz, and which had been…

1Opinion of the Court

*520By the Court,

Hawley, C. J.:

This is an action of ejectment to recover ninety-nine and ninety one hundredths acres of land in the town of Winnemucea upon which are situate the buildings known as the “Humboldt Reduction Works.” The plaintiffs claim the property by virtue of a sheriff’s deed, they having purchased said premises at sheriff’s sale under an execution issued upon a judgment by confession in favor of said plaintiff and against J. Ginaca and A. Gintz, obtained on the fourteenth day of April, 1874.

The title of Ginaca & Gintz to the land in controversy was derived by virtue of a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Berry v. WrightTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  2. Sharp v. LumleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
  3. Sherry v. SampsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
  4. Thompson v. JonesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1856
  5. Reed v. SpicerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Quinn v. QuinnNevada Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Goldberg v. KiddSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1894
  3. In re Assignment of Spitz Bros.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Jackson v. HarrisNevada Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Commercial & Sav. Bank v. CorbettU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1879

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