Legal Opinion

Davis v. Anderson-Tully Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided September 2, 1918No. 5086PublishedCited by 17 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United, States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Action by W. U. Davis and the Sudan Plantations Company against the Anderson-Tully Company. There was a judgment dismissing the action, and plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

W. L. Davis and Sudan Plantations Company, a corporation, hereafter called the “plaintiffs,” complain of the judgment of the court below, which dismissed their actions in ■ejectment for the recovery of the possession of lands, for damages for their detention, and for the taking of timber therefrom by the Anderson-Tully Company, a corporation, henceforth called the “defendant.” In their complaint the plaintiffs alleged that the lands were situated in the state of Arkansas; that they own them, and are entitled to the possession of them; that the defendant unlawfully…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Commercial Mutual Accident Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Arkansas v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. G. & C. Merriam Co. v. SaalfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  4. United States v. JahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Mexican Central Railway Co. v. EckmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. In re AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  2. Omaha Indian Tribe v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  3. Commissioners of Land Office of Oklahoma v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
  4. Frances Uhlhorn v. U. S. Gypsum CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
  5. Kansas v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1944

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