Canter v. Purse
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Acting Judge.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing an injunction suit for want of jurisdiction. The case was decided in the trial court on the basis of á sworn complaint and a sworn answer, together with certain affidavits submitted by the parties. The complaint recited that plaintiffs owned a tract of land in Charles County, Maryland; that defendant claimed to be the owner of an abutting tract of land fronting on a state ■highway; that defendant’s tract w.as traversed by an unimproved dirt road running from plaintiffs’, tract of land to the state highway; that said road provided…
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