St. Louis, I. M. & S. R. Co. v. Reynolds
| Citation | 1 S.W. 208,89 Mo. 146 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Missouri |
| Decision Date | 07 June 1886 |
| Parties | ST. LOUIS, I. M. & S. R. CO. v. REYNOLDS and others. |
Appeal from Butler circuit court.
Suit in equity to enjoin proceedings at law, plaintiff alleging a lack of jurisdiction, on the part of the common-law court, over the proceedings sought to be restrained. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
T. J. Portis, for appellant, St. Louis, I. M. & S. R. Co. John G. Wear, for respondents, H. L. Reynolds and others.
If the justice of the peace had acquired no jurisdiction, as the petition alleges, the railway company has no need to come into a court of equity to enjoin proceedings which are void ab initio. If the judgment of the justice is void, then will the execution issued thereon be void also, and equity will not interfere to do a nugatory act. The remedy of the railway is ample and adequate at law, and this prevents the interposition of a court of equity, as a suit could be maintained against the constable as a trespasser, and the purchaser's pretended title would be valueless. This is elementary law. Sayre v. Tompkins, 23 Mo. 443; Deane v. Todd, 22 Mo. 90; Bank v. Meredith, 44 Mo. 500; High, Inj. §§ 89, 125; 2 Story, Eq. Jur. § 898, and cases cited.
Therefore judgment affirmed.
(All concur.)
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