Jones v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. W. S. Hamilton, Judge. This is an action in equity to enjoin the prosecution by defendant against plaintiff of a suit, aided by attachment, in a court of Missouri to recover damages • for slander and malicious prosecution for. words spoken and acts done in Lee county of this 'state, of which county the plaintiff and defendant are both residents.
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Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. W. S. Hamilton, Judge. This is an action in equity to enjoin the prosecution by defendant against plaintiff of a suit, aided by attachment, in a court of Missouri to recover damages • for slander and malicious prosecution for. words spoken and acts done in Lee county of this 'state, of which county the plaintiff and defendant are both residents. After the filing of an answer, the court, on motion, dissolved a preliminary injunction which had been granted on plaintiff’s application, and from such order the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
The case as presented involves the question whether a court of equity in this state may, in a suit by a citizen of the state brought against another citizen of the state, enjoin the prosecution in a court of another state of an action to recover damages for personal wrongs committed in this state. In order to discuss this question with reference to its proper solution under the facts appearing in this case, the following statement of the circumstances will be sufficient:
In November, 1909, an action. entitled “K. O. MeIlwain and Felix T. Hughes v. William Sinton, B. A. Dolan and B. F. Jones”…
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