Hussey v. Gallagher
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Injunction. Corporations. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham County. At Chambers. September 3, 1878. The head-notes and opinion contain all the facts necessary to an understanding of this case, except the following extracts from the charter, constitution and by-laws of the society : CHARTER. “ Georgia — Chatham county.
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Equity. Injunction. Corporations. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham County. At Chambers. September 3, 1878. The head-notes and opinion contain all the facts necessary to an understanding of this case, except the following extracts from the charter, constitution and by-laws of the society : CHARTER. “ Georgia — Chatham county. To the superior court of said county: “ The petition of Rev. Charles C. Pendergast * * * * and others, of the county and state aforesaid, in behalf of themselves and their associates, respectfully sheweih that they constitute a benevolent association whose field of…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
1, 2. The facts reported and the syllabus will furnish a correct idea of the views of this court upon the points made in this application’ for an injunction. It is scarcely necessary that I add anything.
I will say, however, that the basis of all equity jurisdiction, except in regard to infants, is property. Money or property is the basis of its interference. Therefore, with merely honorary offices or temperance societies, it does not intei’pose by injunction. Kerr on Inj., chap. 1, p. 1. There is no salary attached to these offices.
It may be well to remark, too, as the points…
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