Legal Opinion

Shearer v. City of Reno

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1913No. 2014PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; John S. Orr, Judge. Action by Ralph W. Shearer against the City of Reno. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant City of Reno appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Talbot, C. J.:

Plaintiff brought this action to quiet title to a triangular piece of ground in the city of Reno, bordering 109 feet on the south line of Jones Street, 78.42 feet on the east line of Washington Street, and 133.35 feet on the northerly line of Riverside Avenue, as shown on the "Amended Map of Powning’s Addition to the Town of Reno. ” The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, and, from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and an order denying a motion for a new trial, the city of Reno, which was incorporated by acts of the legislature passed in 1903 and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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  2. Barclay v. Richard W. Howell's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
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  4. Samuel D. Harris and Others v. Jesse D. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1836
  5. Abbott v. MillsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1831

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3Cited by13 opinions

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