Johnson v. Christian
Supreme Court of the United States
.-APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. ■ This was a suit in equity brought in the United States Gir- . cuit Court in 1883 by the appellees, George Christian and Jerry Stuart, against the appellant, Joel Johnson, praying an injunction to restrain him from enforcing a judgment in, ejectment which he obtained in that court against said appellees, for the recovery of certain lands in their possession, and to quiet their title…
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.-APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. ■ This was a suit in equity brought in the United States Gir- . cuit Court in 1883 by the appellees, George Christian and Jerry Stuart, against the appellant, Joel Johnson, praying an injunction to restrain him from enforcing a judgment in, ejectment which he obtained in that court against said appellees, for the recovery of certain lands in their possession, and to quiet their title to said lands against the claims of said appellant. The bill alleged that one Julia J. Johnson, on the 8th day of March,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
The only issue of fact raised by the pleadings relates to the agency of Iwcurgus L. Johnson for Mrs. Julia J. Johnson, in her capacity as guardian of appellant, in the loan of the funds of her ward to Eobinson upon the security binding the real estate of Eobinson, and the subsequent transactions with appellees as vendees of a part of that land; and upon this point-we are of opinion that the allegations of the bill are abundantly sustained by the proof.
• James F. Robinson, the vendor of the appellees, testified substantially that he knew that Mr. Johnson acted as the agent for Mrs. Julia J.…
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