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53 Nev. 49

292 P 1

Peri v. Jeffers

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 18, 1930

Nevada Supreme Court · decided 1930-10-18

Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently November 1948

15 state decisions

Relies on Lonkey v. Wells · Hardin v. Emmons · Hammersmith v. Avery

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Decided 1930-10-18

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¶1 On the Merits

*53 Art E. Jeffers and J. M. Frame, for Appellants: W. M. Kearney and Sidney W. Robinson, for Respondent:

¶2*54 OPINION

¶3 By the Court,

Coleman, C. J.:

¶4 This is an action in claim and delivery. It is now before the court on the judgment roll alone; the bill of exceptions having been stricken on motion.

¶5 To the complaint a demurrer was filed stating several grounds therefor, which was overruled. Thereupon the defendants answered. By this answer they waived every ground of the demurrer urged save that the complaint does not state a cause of action. Lonkey v. Wells, 16 Nev. 271; Hammersmith v. Avery, 18 Nev. 225, 2 P. 55; Hardin v. Elkus, 24 Nev. 329, 53 P. 854; Jones v. West End Con. M. Co., 36 Nev. 149, 134 P. 104.

¶6 The material facts necessary to be alleged in the complaint are: Plaintiff’s ownership, either general or special, of the property, describing it; his right to its immediate possession, and the wrongful taking and detention thereof by defendants; and a demand for possession, in certain instances. 34 Cyc. 1464.

¶7 These facts are all alleged in the complaint. The demurrer was properly overruled.

¶8 The judgment is affirmed.

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