Lyons v. Empire Fuel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio; John E. Sater, Judge. Suit in equity by the Empire Fuel Company against John E. Lyons. Erom an order granting a preliminary injunction, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Bill in equity to restrain the enforcement of a judgment at law. The case is this:
Lyons sued the Fuel Company on the law side of the court below to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract whereby Lyons was to transport, for the Fuel Company, coal by river barge from: Hugheston, W. Va., to Pomeroy, Ohio, and there load the same into cars. The claimed right of action was based on plaintiff’s contention that the contract required the Fuel Company absolutely to furnish for shipment 350 tons of coal per day during the one-year contract term. The Fuel Company…
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