Case Name: THE STATE OF NEVADA, ex rel. RUSSELL GARY GUTTING, Jr., Appellant, v. RALPH LAMB, CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF, and CIRCUS-CIRCUS, INC., Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1970-01-23
Citations: 86 Nev. 36
Docket Number: No. 5941
Parties: THE STATE OF NEVADA, ex rel. RUSSELL GARY GUTTING, Jr., Appellant, v. RALPH LAMB, CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF, and CIRCUS-CIRCUS, INC., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 86
Pages: 36–37

Head Matter:
THE STATE OF NEVADA, ex rel. RUSSELL GARY GUTTING, Jr., Appellant, v. RALPH LAMB, CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF, and CIRCUS-CIRCUS, INC., Respondents.
No. 5941
January 23, 1970
464 P.2d 27
[Rehearing denied February 18, 1970]
Tad Porter, of Las Vegas, for Appellant.
George E. Franklin, Jr., District Attorney, and James M. Bartley, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent Ralph Lamb, Clark County Sheriff.
Wiener, Goldwater & Galatz and J. Charles Thompson, of Las Vegas, for Respondent Circus-Circus, Inc.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
While Russell Gutting was in jail, Circus-Circus, Inc., a Clark County casino, by writ of attachment impounded $6,700.00 in Circus-Circus, Inc., casino chips which had been seized by the sheriff's department when he was booked for allegedly committing an offense. Gutting sought release of the chips by writ of mandamus to direct the court to order release of the chips on the ground that goods in the custody of the sheriff's department cannot be attached. He appeals from the denial of the petition for mandamus.
The writ of mandamus lies only when there is no "plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law." NRS 34.170. Petitioner can seek to remove the attachment by motion under NRS 31.200. He therefore has an adequate remedy at law.
The denial of the petition for a writ of mandamus is affirmed.