Legal Opinion

Buskirk v. King

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 4, 1896No. 144PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia.

1Opinion of the Court

GOFF, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree by which an injunction was granted. The appellee, Henry C. King, claiming to be the owner of a tract of 500,000 acres of land, a part of which was said to be located in the state of West Virginia, instituted his action of ejectment in the circuit court of the United States for the district of West Virginia against U. B. Bus-kirk and M. B. Mullins, who, it was charged, were in possession of a certain portion of said land. The action of ejectment was pending and undetermined when King tendered to the court his bill of complaint…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. Heirs of BoisdoréSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
  2. Erhardt v. BoaroSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Jerome v. RossNew York Court of Chancery · 1823
  4. Livingston v. LivingstonNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
  5. Thomas v. WomackTexas Supreme Court · 1855

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Love v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
  2. American Code Co. v. BensingerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  3. Camp v. Dixon, Mitchell & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  4. Chew v. First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, Del., Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1916
  5. Harriman v. Northern Securities Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1904

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