Taylor v. Moffatt

Taylor, claiming the exclusive privilege of vending merchandise in the town of Mew-Harmony, filed a bill against Moffatt and others, charging Moffatt with a violation of this privilege by vending merchandise in said town; and praying an injunction. An injunction, agreeably to the prayer of the bill, was awarded by the president judge of the Circuit Court, in vacation. The writ of injunction having been served upon Moffatt, and it having been made to appear to the satisfaction of the judge, by the affidavits of Taylor and others, that Moffatt had disobeyed the writ and continued to vend…