City of New York v. Knickerbocker Trust Co.

This is an application for a temporary and mandatory injunction in an action brought to require the removal of steps, coping and area forming part of a building in course of construction at the northwest corner of Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue. The granting or refusal of a temporary injunction is a matter of discretion with the court. Preliminary injunctions which only prevent the defendant from doing an act which would render the final-judgment ineffectual may be granted with some readiness, but those which in effect determine the litigation and give the same relief which it is…