Howell v. Kinney

Lumpkin, Justice.

A number of citizens of Floyd county filed an equitable petition against certain justices of the peace of that county, and others. The allegations of the petition now material may be briefly summarized as follows: Petitioners are all farmers residing in the Ridge Valley district of the county named, the same being a "stock law” district, the land lines of which are lawful fences. All of their farms are in that part of the district which lies west of the Oostanaula river. The defendants have entered into a conspiracy to harass and annoy the plaintiffs, and deprive them of the…