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.…
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on rehearing.
Bunn, C. J.
This is a motion for new hearing; and is as follows, to-wit: “That the court inadvertently overlooked the fact that the cases of St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Loftin, 30 Ark. 693; Files v. Fuller, 44 Ark. 273; Crenshaw v. United States, 134 U. S. 99; Illinois Central Ry. Co. v. Illinois, 146 U. S. 387, and New Orleans Gas Company v. Louisiana Light Company, 115 U. S. 650, were not cited by them (appellants) to the point that the officer could not bind his successor in the making of a contract beyond his term, except so far as they declared a principle that no…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Crenshaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Board of Commissioners v. TaylorIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Files v. FullerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
- Porter v. HaightCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
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