Legal Opinion

Canter v. Purse

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 13, 1956No. 1860PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Philadelphia Co. v. StimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Massie v. WattsSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
  4. Fall v. EastinSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  5. Hart v. SansomSupreme Court of the United States · 1884

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Connell v. Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1959
  2. Graham v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2017

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