Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, Volume 6A.L. Bancroft, 1871 |
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... DUTIES OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - DISCRETION . Under the Act providing for the payment of $ 3,000 a year for five years by Churchill to Humboldt County , ( Stats . 1869 , 88 ) the county commissioners of Churchill County had no discre ...
... DUTIES OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - DISCRETION . Under the Act providing for the payment of $ 3,000 a year for five years by Churchill to Humboldt County , ( Stats . 1869 , 88 ) the county commissioners of Churchill County had no discre ...
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... duties imposed by the law . They are unqualifiedly and unconditionally required to do a specific act , to appropriate three thousand dollars for a designated purpose . In such case , undoubtedly , the writ may and should command the ...
... duties imposed by the law . They are unqualifiedly and unconditionally required to do a specific act , to appropriate three thousand dollars for a designated purpose . In such case , undoubtedly , the writ may and should command the ...
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... duties within ten ( 10 ) days after their appointments are certified to them . " The county clerk so appointed may take the oath of office be- fore the chairman of the board of commissioners , and the other officers before said clerk ...
... duties within ten ( 10 ) days after their appointments are certified to them . " The county clerk so appointed may take the oath of office be- fore the chairman of the board of commissioners , and the other officers before said clerk ...
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... duties and those purely ministerial was clearly taken . Up to the point at which a duty ceases to be one of the former description , a public officer is not amenable to an individual in a civil action for the ex- ercise , or the refusal ...
... duties and those purely ministerial was clearly taken . Up to the point at which a duty ceases to be one of the former description , a public officer is not amenable to an individual in a civil action for the ex- ercise , or the refusal ...
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... DUTIES . The money appropriated by the Legislature in 1869 , ing delinquents for infraction of revenue laws , to be expended under the direc- tion of the controller , " ( Stats . 1869 , 188 ) is in the nature of a contingent fund for ...
... DUTIES . The money appropriated by the Legislature in 1869 , ing delinquents for infraction of revenue laws , to be expended under the direc- tion of the controller , " ( Stats . 1869 , 188 ) is in the nature of a contingent fund for ...
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Page 80 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 415 - When an offense involves the commission of, or an attempt to commit, a private injury, and is described with sufficient certainty in other respects to identify the act, an erroneous allegation as to the person injured, or intended to be injured, is not material.
Page 277 - In case the office of any judge of the court of appeals, or justice of the supreme court, shall become vacant before the expiration of the regular term for which he was elected, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the Governor, until it shall be supplied at the next general election of judges, when it shall be filled by election for the residue of the unexpired term.
Page 249 - ... 1. Actual annexation to the realty, or something appurtenant thereto. 2. Appropriation to the use or purpose of that part of the realty with which it is connected. 3. The intention of the party making the annexation, to make the article a permanent accession to the freehold...
Page 328 - An accessory is he or she who stands by and aids, abets, or assists ; or who, not being present aiding, abetting, or assisting, hath advised and encouraged the perpetration of the crime. He or she who thus aids, abets or assists, advises or encourages, shall be deemed and considered as principal, and punished accordingly.
Page 135 - ... the plaintiff, require the return thereof, upon giving to the sheriff a written undertaking, executed by two or more sufficient sureties, to the effect that they are bound in double the value of the property, as stated in the affidavit of the plaintiff, for the delivery thereof to the plaintiff, if such delivery be adjudged, and for the payment to him of such sum as may, for any cause, be recovered against the defendant.
Page 324 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as...
Page 144 - If the county designated for that purpose in the complaint be not the proper county, the action may, notwithstanding, be tried therein, unless the defendant, before the time for answering expire, demand in writing that the trial be had in the proper county...
Page 213 - States say, that where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause ; and whether its decision is correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court.
Page 329 - All persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether it be felony or misdemeanor, and whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, or, not being present, have advised and encouraged its commission...