Haight v. City of Keokuk
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Lee District Court. This is a petition for an injunction. Tbe injunction was allowed by a judge of tbe Supreme Court, and was returned to the District Court, when, on hearing, on bill, answer, and testimony, the bill was dismissed, and the injunction dissolved.
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Appeal from the Lee District Court. This is a petition for an injunction. Tbe injunction was allowed by a judge of tbe Supreme Court, and was returned to the District Court, when, on hearing, on bill, answer, and testimony, the bill was dismissed, and the injunction dissolved. The facts, as set forth in the petition, are as follows: that Haight is the owner of lot six, in block six, 'in the city of Keokuk; that in 1850, he erected a warehouse “on said lot, and in front thereofthat he, and those under whom he claimed, have had possession of the lot since prior to 1841; that in 1842, the owner…
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.-
-The thought which first demands our attention is, tbat tbis matter bas been already adjudicated. In tbis respect tbe position of things is as follows: In December, 1851, tbe city of Keokuk sued Haigbt for tbe penalty for keeping a wharf boat at tbe wharf of tbat town, without a license so to do. Tbe defendant pleaded not guilty of a violation of tbe ordinance. He was charged witb keeping tbe boat at tbe wharf or levee built by-him, out from tbe natural shore, in front of lots four, five and six, in block six, mentioned in tbe statement. Tbe facts which give rise to tbe question,…
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