State Ex Rel. Boykin v. Ball Investment Co.

Grice, Justice.

It is in the first place insisted that this is a suit in equity, brought by the State in its sovereign capacity, to suppress and prevent the commission of repeated wrongs inimical to the general welfare, and that the facts alleged and proved demanded that the court grant redress on that theory. The plaintiff relies on In re Debs, 158 U. S. 564 (15 Sup. Ct. 900, 39 L. ed. 1092); Trust Company of Georgia v. State, 109 Ga. 736 (35 S. E. 323, 48 L. R. A. 520); People v. Tool, 35 Colo. 225, 86 Pac. 224, 6 L. R. A. (N. S.) 822, 117 Am. St. R. 198); State v. Pacific Express Co., 80…