Iron Mountain & Helena Railroad v. Johnson

Citations

• 119 U.S. 608
• 7 S. Ct. 339
• 30 L. Ed. 504
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 1925

Syllabus

<p>There is nothing in the nature of the possession of a railroad, or of a section of a railroad, which takes it out of the operation of the language of the Statutes of Arkansas against forcible entry and detainer, or out ■ • of the general principle which lies at the foundation of all suits of for-' cible entry and detainer, that the law will not sanction or support a possession acquired by violence, but will, when appealed to in this form of action, compel the party who thus gaius possession to surrender it to tlie party whom he dispossessed, without inquiring which party owns the property or has the legal right to the possession.</p>