Legal Opinion

Guardian Trust Co. v. Keith

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 16, 1934No. 9636Published

1Opinion of the Court

STONE, Circuit Judge.

The trustees for various bond issues put out by drainage district No. 7 of Poinsett county, Ark., brought this action against the directors of the district, the sheriff of the county, Harry A. Keith, and Mamie Keith. The Keiths had procured a judgment by the state Supreme Court [183 Ark. 384, 36 S.W. (2d) 59] allowing them damages of $3,200, and interest, for the damage arising from overflow of 320 acres of land caused by the improvements made by the district. To procure satisfaction of that judgment, they had secured two writs of mandamus from the state Supreme Court.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Organ v. Memphis & Little Rock RailroadSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1888
  2. Epling v. DicksonIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Keith v. Drainage Dist. No. 7 of Poinsett CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
  4. Mercantile Trust Co. v. Pittsburgh & W. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1887
  5. Wheeling Bridge & Terminal Ry. Co. v. Reymann Brewing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1898

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