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CISSNA v. TENNESSEE

No. 89.

242 U.S. 195 (1916)

CISSNA v. STATE OF TENNESSEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargument ordered December 11, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Caruthers Ewing for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John P. Bullington, with whom Mr. Frank M. Thompson, Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

As owner in trust for the people of the State of certain described lands, the State of Tennessee in a state court commenced this action in 1903 against Cissna and others to recover the lands and to restrain cutting timber thereon and for an accounting for timber already cut. A temporary injunction was granted against removing and cutting timber, which was modified by permitting, on the giving of a bond, the...

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