McConnell v. Arkansas Brick & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court. Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor. The decree is too vague and ambiguous to be enforceable. 123 TJ. S. 443; 105 Fed. 459; 117 U. S. 52, 71; 31 S. E. 191, 192. An injunction is not grantable where it could not be enforced. 3 Pom. Eq.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court. Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor. The decree is too vague and ambiguous to be enforceable. 123 TJ. S. 443; 105 Fed. 459; 117 U. S. 52, 71; 31 S. E. 191, 192. An injunction is not grantable where it could not be enforced. 3 Pom. Eq. Jur. §§ 1341, 1405; High, Inj. § 731; 96 111. 503, 512; 31 Midi. 43, 52; 2 Ch. Cont. 1467; 33 Mich. 331; 31 Mich. 43, 52; 38 Ohio St. 24. Certiorari and not injunction was the proper remedy, if any remedy existed at all. Sand. & H. Dig., § 1125; 62 Ark. 196, 201; 1 Saxt. 282; 25 N. J. Eq. (10 C. E. Gr.), 295; 77 Am. Dec. 272; 23 Cal.…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is a bill in equity filed in the Pulaski chancery court by the appellee, the Arkansas Brick & Manufacturing Company, against E. T. McConnell, as superintendent, and M. D. L. Cook, as financial agent, and Jefferson Davis, J. W. Crockett, George W. Murphy, T. C. Monroe and Frank Hill, members of the board of penitentiary commissioners, with prayer as follows, to-wit:
“The premises considered, the plaintiff prays that a temporary restraining order be issued, restraining the defendants, and each of them, from taking any action to prevent the due performance of said contracts, or towards a…
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