Peck v. Ayers & Lord Tie Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.
The bill in this case was filed by the above-named appellants for two purpose's, namely, to quiet their title to the land described, and for an injunction to restrain the defendants from cutting and removing the timber on the land; the timber, as is alleged, constituting the substance of the value of the land. Either of these purposes constitutes a sufficient ground for equity jurisdiction if the existing facts make out the requisite conditions. The bill alleged title in the complainants, the claims of the defendants which create the cloud complained of, and repeated…
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