Cohen v. Gray

Department No. 2, by the Court (from the Bench):

The appellants were Trustees of the town of Alameda, and were attempting in their official capacity to open a public street through the lands of respondent, when he .obtained an order for them to show cause why an injunction should not issue to restrain them from further proceeding in the matter, and that in the meantime they be restrained from proceeding therein. Upon the hearing of said order to show cause, the Court made an order that a writ of injunction issue according to the prayer of the complaint. No writ ever did issue, but the…