DINWIDDIE CONSTR. CO. v. CAMPBELL

No. 4891

406 P.2d 294 (1965)

DINWIDDIE CONSTRUCTION CO., a corporation, Appellant, v. Verna C. CAMPBELL, Stephen J. Campbell, N.O. Berry, James R. Dutton, and Verna C. Campbell and Stephen J. Campbell, as Trustees of Christopher Campbell Trust, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada

October 4, 1965


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodburn, Forman, Wedge, Blakey, Folsom and Hug, and Richard O. Kwapil, Jr., of Reno, and Howard, Prim, Smith, Rice and Downs, of San Francisco, for Appellant.

Orville R. Wilson, of Elko, for Respondents.


BADT, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of the correct measure of damages for an innocent or non-willful taking of diatomaceous earth from a mineral claim of the rightful owner. It also involves a placing of the burden of proof as to the value of said ore and the deductible expenditures of defendant which may be considered in mitigation of damages.

Finally, we are concerned with two procedural questions: First, the admissibility for review of evidence...

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