Johnson v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOE • THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. , The court stated the case as follows: On the 23d of April, 1879, A. H. Johnson, of Helena, Arkansas, and the Iron Mountain and_Helena Railroad Company, an Arkansas corporation, entered into a written agreement, whereby Johnson, in consideration-of $29,000 to be paid to him as thereinafter stipulated, agreed to complete the grading, tieing, culverting, clearing and grubbing on the…
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APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOE • THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. , The court stated the case as follows: On the 23d of April, 1879, A. H. Johnson, of Helena, Arkansas, and the Iron Mountain and_Helena Railroad Company, an Arkansas corporation, entered into a written agreement, whereby Johnson, in consideration-of $29,000 to be paid to him as thereinafter stipulated, agreed to complete the grading, tieing, culverting, clearing and grubbing on the company’s railroad between its junction with the Arkansas Midland Railroad, eight miles west from Helena, and the town of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatcheord
It is contended by Johnson that the court below had no jurisdiction to grant the injunction prayed for in the bill, because he had been adjudged, in the suit for forcible entry and detainer, to be entitled to the possession of the 18 miles of the road, and a writ of restitution had been ordered to issue to place him in possession thereof; that it is not alleged that anything had arisen since the institution of the forcible entry and detainer suit or the rendition of the judgment in it, which made it inequitable that such judgment should be enforced; that the relations between the parties were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Iron Mountain & Helena Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Parker v. Judges of the Circuit Court of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Ballance v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Ballance v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
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- Hazleton Tripod-Boiler Co. v. Citizens' St. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Tennessee · 1896
- Gibbons v. RossCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Johnson v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891