Long v. Furnas

The case as stated by tbe plaintiffs is substantially as follows: On and prior to April 25, 1903, tbe defendant was tbe owner and proprietor of several business enterprises at tbe town of Lisbon, in Linn county, Iowa, in which considerable capital and labor were employed, and tbe plaintiffs were citizens of the town of Mt. -Vernon, in tbe same county, where they owned property and were engaged in business. Tbe defendant professing a desire to remove bis several business enterprises from Lisbon to Mt. Vernon, and tbe plaintiffs believing that tbe establishment of tbe same in their town would…