Supreme Court Rules
Dublin Core
Title
Supreme Court Rules
Subject
Island School
Description
Consolidated B Loses Case
Supreme Court Rules Douglass
Owner of Island School Land
Property on which stood the former Churchill County school in the Island district reverted to R. L. Douglass, original owner of the ground, when the school house was abandoned.
That is the decision reached Monday by the Nevada State Supreme Court.
Ned Turner, Supreme court clerk, reports the filing of an opinion and decision denying release to the trustees of Con. B school district of Churchill county in their suit to recover the former Island district school building and grounds.
In 1909 R. L. Douglass permitted the Island school district to erect a school house on 1.4 acres of an 80 acre tract of land owned by him. Forty years later Con. B school district, into which the for-
mer Island school district had been merged, abandoned school use of the property.
Whereupon it was reoccupied by Douglass and the suit was commenced by the school district to recover it.
In the meantime there had been several transfers of the 80 acre tract, all of whom had accepted the school plot except one tax deed which had inadvertently included it.
Retired District Judge Clark J. Guild held that when the school district abandoned public use of the property the easement ceased and reverted to the owner, and that this included the school building
which had become a part of the real estate. (The building burned down in December of 1953.)
The supreme court adopted the same view and affirmed Judge Guild's judgment. George J. Kenny of Fallon represented R. L. Douglass and A. Loring Primeaux represented the district. Justice Milton Badt wrote the opinion in which Chief Justice Edgar Eather and Justice Charles M. Merrill concurred.
Supreme Court Rules Douglass
Owner of Island School Land
Property on which stood the former Churchill County school in the Island district reverted to R. L. Douglass, original owner of the ground, when the school house was abandoned.
That is the decision reached Monday by the Nevada State Supreme Court.
Ned Turner, Supreme court clerk, reports the filing of an opinion and decision denying release to the trustees of Con. B school district of Churchill county in their suit to recover the former Island district school building and grounds.
In 1909 R. L. Douglass permitted the Island school district to erect a school house on 1.4 acres of an 80 acre tract of land owned by him. Forty years later Con. B school district, into which the for-
mer Island school district had been merged, abandoned school use of the property.
Whereupon it was reoccupied by Douglass and the suit was commenced by the school district to recover it.
In the meantime there had been several transfers of the 80 acre tract, all of whom had accepted the school plot except one tax deed which had inadvertently included it.
Retired District Judge Clark J. Guild held that when the school district abandoned public use of the property the easement ceased and reverted to the owner, and that this included the school building
which had become a part of the real estate. (The building burned down in December of 1953.)
The supreme court adopted the same view and affirmed Judge Guild's judgment. George J. Kenny of Fallon represented R. L. Douglass and A. Loring Primeaux represented the district. Justice Milton Badt wrote the opinion in which Chief Justice Edgar Eather and Justice Charles M. Merrill concurred.
Creator
The Fallon Standsard
Source
Churchill County Recorder
Publisher
Churchill County Museum
Date
6.16.1954
Contributor
Churchill County Museum
Format
Newspaper, jpeg,pdf, text
Language
English
Type
Newspaper, jpeg,pdf, text
Identifier
The Fallon Standard 6.16.1954 "Supreme Court Rules"
Coverage
Island School
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
Consolidated B Loses Case
Supreme Court Rules Douglass
Owner of Island School Land
Property on which stood the former Churchill County school in the Island district reverted to R. L. Douglass, original owner of the ground, when the school house was abandoned.
That is the decision reached Monday by the Nevada State Supreme Court.
Ned Turner, Supreme court clerk, reports the filing of an opinion and decision denying release to the trustees of Con. B school district of Churchill county in their suit to recover the former Island district school building and grounds.
In 1909 R. L. Douglass permitted the Island school district to erect a school house on 1.4 acres of an 80 acre tract of land owned by him. Forty years later Con. B school district, into which the for-
mer Island school district had been merged, abandoned school use of the property.
Whereupon it was reoccupied by Douglass and the suit was commenced by the school district to recover it.
In the meantime there had been several transfers of the 80 acre tract, all of whom had accepted the school plot except one tax deed which had inadvertently included it.
Retired District Judge Clark J. Guild held that when the school district abandoned public use of the property the easement ceased and reverted to the owner, and that this included the school building
which had become a part of the real estate. (The building burned down in December of 1953.)
The supreme court adopted the same view and affirmed Judge Guild's judgment. George J. Kenny of Fallon represented R. L. Douglass and A. Loring Primeaux represented the district. Justice Milton Badt wrote the opinion in which Chief Justice Edgar Eather and Justice Charles M. Merrill concurred.
Supreme Court Rules Douglass
Owner of Island School Land
Property on which stood the former Churchill County school in the Island district reverted to R. L. Douglass, original owner of the ground, when the school house was abandoned.
That is the decision reached Monday by the Nevada State Supreme Court.
Ned Turner, Supreme court clerk, reports the filing of an opinion and decision denying release to the trustees of Con. B school district of Churchill county in their suit to recover the former Island district school building and grounds.
In 1909 R. L. Douglass permitted the Island school district to erect a school house on 1.4 acres of an 80 acre tract of land owned by him. Forty years later Con. B school district, into which the for-
mer Island school district had been merged, abandoned school use of the property.
Whereupon it was reoccupied by Douglass and the suit was commenced by the school district to recover it.
In the meantime there had been several transfers of the 80 acre tract, all of whom had accepted the school plot except one tax deed which had inadvertently included it.
Retired District Judge Clark J. Guild held that when the school district abandoned public use of the property the easement ceased and reverted to the owner, and that this included the school building
which had become a part of the real estate. (The building burned down in December of 1953.)
The supreme court adopted the same view and affirmed Judge Guild's judgment. George J. Kenny of Fallon represented R. L. Douglass and A. Loring Primeaux represented the district. Justice Milton Badt wrote the opinion in which Chief Justice Edgar Eather and Justice Charles M. Merrill concurred.
Original Format
Newspaper
Files
Citation
The Fallon Standsard, “Supreme Court Rules,” Churchill County Museum Digital Archive: Fallon, Nevada, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ccmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/532.
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