Robertson’s petition calls him an elderly Navy veteran and presents fire-preparation water supply as the ponds’ purpose. It says he owned White Pine Lode, formerly owned Manhattan Lode before a 2013 tax sale, and at times held mineral rights associated with Mohawk; these are petitioner assertions, not judicially adopted findings.
In 2013 and 2014, Joe Robertson dug a series of small water supply ponds in and about the unnamed channel at the Pond Site, with a view to being well prepared should fire strike near his home.
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Robertson’s petition calls him an elderly Navy veteran and presents fire-preparation water supply as the ponds’ purpose. It says he owned White Pine Lode, formerly owned Manhattan Lode before a 2013 tax sale, and at times held mineral rights associated with Mohawk; these are petitioner assertions, not judicially adopted findings. Page 9: “Petitioner Joe Robertson is an elderly Navy veteran.” Appendix includes the amended judgment and lower-court materials. Property history defeats a blanket claim that all ponds were on land he then owned.