Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Council of Associated Building Trades

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 12, 1930No. Appeal 84PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Becker v. The Lebanon and Myerstown Street Railway Company, 4 Pa. Superior Ct. 372; Potter T. & T. Co. v. Frank et al., 298 Pa. 137; Prettyman v. Irwin, 273 Pa. 522; Forrest v. P. R. T. Company, 261 Pa. 383.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Plaintiff appeals from a decree of the court below dismissing his petition to have defendants adjudged guilty of contempt for disobeying the injunction of the court, and dismissing plaintiff’s bill for laches in its prosecution.

We cannot agree with the court below that the plaintiff was guilty of such laches in the prosecution of his bill as required it to be dismissed. The decree of October 19, 1919 was not a preliminary injunction issued ex parte on bill and injunction affidavits. That injunction had issued on October 14, 1919. By the equity rules it would automatically…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Potter Title & Trust Co. v. FrankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  2. Becker v. Lebanon & Myerstown Street Railway Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  3. Butler v. EggeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Shenkin v. SchermerhornPennylvania Municipal Court, Philadelphia County · 1933

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