The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-12-05
oOLDEIELD LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
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60 ,,ie, ;rcudea this. al vel as other lots I'M defendants obtained possesaonl
dhnaion TO it and paying rent Hereunder. Under thesec circumstances the defend
ants ann now repudfate the legal status or the relation OF h"p'u anu .e m
which they, b. their W acts have created, nor can tmy assert. as against gains. u
that they are the occupant ant entitled to a ownsh deed, and they
cannot claim in themselves under the ownste because her ccupah ynsm s &c
cupancy of he plaintiff. amd thefrp possession is ms possessroh ne puos % ue
rednaIg government to protectt The pioneer ad bona fde settler against respasseT
m also against tenants an those who obtained possess,on iron .e nsa sae,
M then attempt to deny the tleo II their landlord mas pen INFORM my , o CO.
md Followed " the officers of the Land Department In Aldrhh rs sehlosser y
the inn of the to~nste entry was made ehtuea ms h"o'ofo anu ~" '''
Ia deed to III lot so occupied. M II
numerous that it may pc said there is N embarrassment of riches IN the pom.
The further purpose for which the townste lay was enacted is to vest title in
industry nd money built p own ahd mde me prppe iS Naaap. -. mt
of common knowledge. of which the courts will take judicial notice that mining
|minerala attracts large umb OF people IN an Mahs anu $500" y -
these people require homes as veil as places in which to do business IN order 70
are located pon the site of a tow and these mining claims ares surveyed. plated
and laid out int owl lots and such lots aret hn sold M possession thereof de-
selves OF rent tMm :. 70 o oanas.a Ia ~a ana NO. frequent large sum OF money
out upon LAM beyond he mineral belt Of the camp I'M when application for min
entry upon these claims is cancelled for want OF a suhcents howin OF mineral
discovered within e limits of the ground applied for Whenever this contingency
invoking Inc ownst law of the Unite States through the medium or agency OF
IN a mnssaa 4,dse 70 nermit a person n mas been let into possession of one of
his title b III payment Of rent. or b. accepting possession hGeunde 10 re-
nndia,e his lease md the title under which he entered. simply because the officials
- tme lam once might cancel thu mining claim upn which the title rests. an
afterward issue a TOWNSHIP patent would pc to place a emit upon fraud
,ioationo of personal venan ana other acts OF ne or 's """ '"p
which L canno consent to To-
n generosity of te federal government in giving land to OCCUPANT or
,ov,sdte PURPOSES was not intended to aid those wo obtained possession o. the
free ground settled upon b another by accepting a lease from him and then deny
ing the title under which ey obtained possession. and thereafter assert title
to that Of a landlord Courts cannot lend their aid to the perpetraun Oh
wrongs or to encourag the violation of personal covenant
AS before stated h policy of TIL, national "rnmen in thu dsposh of is
lands is to protect he first settler I'M bona he upa and not the tres
passero or hose who obtained possession " force. fraud or deceit
Te plaintiff is thTeforee entitled to Judgment Of restitution OF the premises
and for damages against he defendants for me m ~hich 'hey occupied the
premises
Pyne. Douglas & Tnden appeared as attorneys for plaintiff m defendants
we're represented by James donovan So