Bodwell v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Action brought by Bodwell against Crawford, to restrain the defendant from using for general amusements, and especially for theatrical purposes, a certain building situate upon lots 217, 219 and 221, on Van Burén street, in the city of Topeka, and to abrogate a certain lease, etc. The nature of the action, and the facts, appear in the opinion.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. Action brought by Bodwell against Crawford, to restrain the defendant from using for general amusements, and especially for theatrical purposes, a certain building situate upon lots 217, 219 and 221, on Van Burén street, in the city of Topeka, and to abrogate a certain lease, etc. The nature of the action, and the facts, appear in the opinion. The defendant filed a general demurrer to the petition, which the court on May 30, 1881, sustained. This ruling the plaintiff brings here.
1Opinion of the Court
*293The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This is an application for an injunction, filed in the district court of Shawnee county. But one question is presented in the record, and that is, whether upon the allegations in the petition the plaintiff is entitled to an injunction? The district court held that he is not, and from such ruling the plaintiff alleges error. The petition, in brief, states these facts: The plaintiff, as was well known to the defendant, is an eminent Congregational clergyman of pronounced opinions on all moral questions of the day. He was an early settler in…
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