Arkansas Southeastern R. v. Union Sawmill Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana. This is a suit in equity brought by the Union Sawmill Company, an Arkansas corporation, against the Arkansas Southeastern Railroad Company, a Louisiana corporation. On the 16th of August, 1900, the Union Sawmill Company filed its petition in the Fourth judicial district court of the state of Louisiana against the Summit Lumber Company and the Arkansas Southeastern Railroad Company.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana. This is a suit in equity brought by the Union Sawmill Company, an Arkansas corporation, against the Arkansas Southeastern Railroad Company, a Louisiana corporation. On the 16th of August, 1900, the Union Sawmill Company filed its petition in the Fourth judicial district court of the state of Louisiana against the Summit Lumber Company and the Arkansas Southeastern Railroad Company. The petition contained substantially the same averments and prayers contained in the bill in this case, which will be fully…
1Opinion of the CourtShelby, Circuit Judge
The learned counsel for the appellant cites many authorities bearing on the question raised by the first assignment of error, but we have concluded that it is only necessary to consider and decide the question involved in the second assignment, which we have quoted in the statement.
The complainant — -appellee in this court — the Union Sawmill Company, is an Arkansas corporation, owning large tracts, of timber land in Union parish, La. The defendant — appellant in this court — the Arkansas Southeastern Railroad Company, is a Louisiana corporation, chartered to construct a railroad through…
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