Weis v. Meyer
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Chicot Circuit Court in chancery. Carroll D. Wood, Judge. Ferdinand and Louis Weis brought suit against Carrie and Adolph Meyer to restrain them from interfering with their right to use certain land fronting upon the Mississippi river for receiving and forwarding freights. On final hearing a temporary injunction previously granted plaintiffs was dissolved, and plaintiffs appealed.
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APPEAL from Chicot Circuit Court in chancery. Carroll D. Wood, Judge. Ferdinand and Louis Weis brought suit against Carrie and Adolph Meyer to restrain them from interfering with their right to use certain land fronting upon the Mississippi river for receiving and forwarding freights. On final hearing a temporary injunction previously granted plaintiffs was dissolved, and plaintiffs appealed. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The landing privilege was in no way connected with the enjoyment or use of the lot, for the lot was not used.. Simply two things were embraced in the deed, but…
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
The appellants claim the right to the use of the river front on the appellees’ land for shipping purposes, and this appeal is prosecuted to establish it.
The right of the parties turn, in the first instance, upon the construction of the deed of the original owners of the land to Isaac Hilliard, through whom the appellants claim. The deed is a conveyance of a lot in the unincorporated village of Grand Lake, which is described as a part of the Ringo place of which the grantors were owners. It is in common form, except that after the granting clause this language follows, viz., “ together with…
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