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53 Ark. 16

Buckner v. Railway

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 8, 1890

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1890-03-08

J. M. Pittman, Judge. Plaintiffs, citizens of B'ayctteville, Arkansas, sued the defendant, the Pacific & Great Eastern Railway Company, in substance alleging that, by fraudulently and falsely representing itself to be solvent and able to build .a railroad, by promising to establish a depot and machine shops within the corporate limits of Fayetteville, and by promising within a stated period of time to construct and equip a railroad from B'ayetteville to the Madison county…

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Decided 1890-03-08

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently November 1961

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Per Curiam.

¶1The action of plaintiffs could not be sustained as one for rescission. The parties could not be put in statu quo.

¶2Had it been treated as an action for damages, the plaintiffs, upon the allegations contained in the complaint, would have been entitled to nominal damages only. There is no allegation of special damages. The use to which plaintiffs’ land was put was contemplated and intended by the parties at the time of the conveyance, and it is not charged that the injury resulted from a negligent construction of the work. This court will not reverse and remand a cause where appellant’s claim would entitle him to nominal damages only. 3 Graham & Waterman on New Trials, 1356.

¶3Affirmed.

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