Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-03-19
CANYON DAM
SITE TITLE CLEARED.
Decree Entered BV Stipula-
ton in Suit. U. S. VS..
Cameron and Others.

The suit begun more than a
year ago in the District Court
of the United States, in which
the government sued Ralph H.
Cameron, ct al, to quiet title to
the site of the proposed Boulder
Canyon dam and reservoir. was
ended Friday, March Il, when
through the efforts of H. H. At.
kinson, U. S. District Attorney
a decree was entered in favor OF
the plaintiff.
The suit was ended by stipula
tion of the defendants, and the
decree handed down by Judge
Harrington, finds THAT the de.
PENDANTS have no estate, right,
title, interest or claim of any
kind or nature in and to the land
described in the complaint"
The decree entered was as fol
lows:
Decree
THIS CAUSE came on to be
heard at this term, and,
. WHEREAS, the parties hereto,
by and Through their respective
counsel, have agreed by stipula-
tion, now on file in this Court,
as follows:
"Since the posting of the loca-
ton notices on the lands involved
in this suit by the various de-
PENDANTS in this case. and since
the filing of the suit, the develop
ment work done on and the ex-
ploration of the lands described
in the bill of complaint, by the
defendants, has shown that the
lands are non-mineral, in the
sense that mining operations can
not be proifitably conducted there
on under existing conditions.
at is therefore stipulated and
agreed by and between the plant
iff, The United States of America,
and the defendants herein as fol
lows:
list. That it be adjudged and
decreed by the Court that the
defendants have no estate, right,
title, interest or claim of any
kind or nature in and to the land
described in the bill of complaint,
and that all said lands be ad-
judged and decreed to be the
property of the plaitniff., free
and clear of any and all claims
of said defendants or either of
them thereto, and that the de-
PENDANTS and either of them and
their, agents and attorneys be
perpetuany enjoined from assert
ing any claim to or using said
hand in any manner or any Of
the natural products thereof.
"2nd. That the defendants be
relieved from the payment of the
costs taxable in this action by
the Court, and be held harmless
from any Judgment or decree for
the payfent Of any costs herein" "
AND, said cause having been
duly considered,
NOW, THEREFORE, on mo-
tion of the plaintiff, by H. H. At
kinson, United States Attorney
for the District of Nevada, and B.
NJ. Palmer, Assistant Attorney
General, and Nat NJ. Lacy, Special
Assistant to the Attorney General
of counsel,
1T is ORDERED, ADJUDGED
AND .DECREED as follows:
1st. That the defendants have
no estate, right, title, interest or
claim of any kind or nature in
and to the land described in the
bill of complaint, and that all
said lands be adjudged and de-
creed to be the property of the
plaintiff, free and clear of any
and all claims of said defend
ants, or either of them thereto,
and that the defendants and
either of them and their agents
and attorneys be perpetually en-
Joined from asserting any claim
to or using said land in any man.
ner or any of the natural prod
ucts thereof
End. That the defendants be
relieved from the payment of the
costs taxable in this action by
the Court, and be held harmless
from any judgment or decree for
the payment of any costs herein"
DATED at Carson City, Ne
vada, March II, 1927.
E. S. HARRINGTON,
U. S. District Judge.