Mikesell v. Durkee
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Bourbon District Court. Action brought by Mikesell against Durkee & Stout, to perpetually enjoin them from excavating in a public street in front of plaintiff’s lots in Fort Scott, and from constructing and operating a railroad on such street and in front of his lots. On November 28, 1884, Hon. C. O. French, district judge, dissolved a temporary injunction obtained by plaintiff in said action. This ruling Mikesell brings here for review.
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Error from Bourbon District Court. Action brought by Mikesell against Durkee & Stout, to perpetually enjoin them from excavating in a public street in front of plaintiff’s lots in Fort Scott, and from constructing and operating a railroad on such street and in front of his lots. On November 28, 1884, Hon. C. O. French, district judge, dissolved a temporary injunction obtained by plaintiff in said action. This ruling Mikesell brings here for review. The opinion states the material facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought in the district court of Bourbon county, by Warren Mikesell against J. A. Durkee and W. H. Stout, partners as Durkee & Stout, to perpetually enjoin the defendants from excavating in a public street in front of the plaintiff’s lots in Fort Scott, Kansas, and from constructing and operating a railroad in such street and *510in front of such lots. Durkee & Stout are not a railroad corporation, nor common or public carriers, nor is it their intention to become such; but their object in making the excavations and in…
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