United States Express Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Chancery Court; I. V. Bourland, Chancellor; The acts with which appellant is charg-ed do not constitute a public nuisance. 3 McCrary, 147; 117 U. S. 791; 44 Fed. 310; 10 S. E. 297; 45 N. Y. 13; 91 Am. Dec. 783; Kirby’s Dig., § 5118; 6 How. 344; 39 Miss. 822; 91 U. S. 343; 29 Conn. 538; 63 Me. 269. The court had no jurisdiction to enter the decree against appellant. 14 Mo. App. 413; 2 Johns.
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Appeal from Sebastian Chancery Court; I. V. Bourland, Chancellor; The acts with which appellant is charg-ed do not constitute a public nuisance. 3 McCrary, 147; 117 U. S. 791; 44 Fed. 310; 10 S. E. 297; 45 N. Y. 13; 91 Am. Dec. 783; Kirby’s Dig., § 5118; 6 How. 344; 39 Miss. 822; 91 U. S. 343; 29 Conn. 538; 63 Me. 269. The court had no jurisdiction to enter the decree against appellant. 14 Mo. App. 413; 2 Johns. Ch. 371; 78 111. 237; 99 111. 489; 102 111. App. 449; 158 U. S. 564;'81 Ark. 117; 155 Ind. 526; 2 Minn. 61; 7 Miss. 602; 124 U. S. 200; 58 Pac. 604; 37 S. W. 478; 31 S. E. 745; 56…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthae, J.
This was a suit instituted in the Sebastian Chancery Court by the State of Arkansas on the relation of the prosecuting attorney of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, and also by certain individuals as citizens and residents of the Greenwood District of said county, seeking to restrain the United States Express Company, defendant below, from carrying and delivering shipments of intoxicating liquors consigned to points in said Greenwood District, except under certain restrictions.
The complaint in substance alleged that intoxicating liquors ■were being shipped from Fort Smith, and by the defendant as…
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