Godfrey v. Roessle
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by one of two defendants from a decree in a suit for an injunction. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
This appeal is presented to this court in a very singular way, and in such manner as to render it impossible to review fully the grounds upon which the decree appealed from was based. The bill was filed against two defendants, asking an injunction against both to restrain them from carrying on a business in alleged violation of a contract with one of the defendants. The decree was against both, restraining them from conducting the business, and the appeal is by one of the defendants only without stating any reason whatever why the other defendant did not join in the appeal. Both parties…
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