Steadman v. Butler
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Lawrence county. Hon. G. Garland Ltell, Chancellor. Steadman and others, appellants, were complainants in the court below; Butler and others were defendants there. From a. decree dissolving an injunction on defendants’ motion the complainants appealed to the supreme court. Appellees obtained a judgment against appellants in the circuit court, and were proceeding to collect the same by execution. Appellants enjoined the enforcement of the judgment.
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From the chancery court of Lawrence county. Hon. G. Garland Ltell, Chancellor. Steadman and others, appellants, were complainants in the court below; Butler and others were defendants there. From a. decree dissolving an injunction on defendants’ motion the complainants appealed to the supreme court. Appellees obtained a judgment against appellants in the circuit court, and were proceeding to collect the same by execution. Appellants enjoined the enforcement of the judgment. Appellees answered the bill of complaint upon which a preliminary injunction had been granted, and moved the court to…
1Opinion of the CourtMates, J.
The object of this suit was to enjoin the enforcement of a judgment. An application was made for an injunction, and a temporary writ duly issued by the chancellor, and bond given as required by law. Subsequently a motion was made to dissolve the injunction, and sustained by the chartcellor, whereupon the following decree was entered, viz.: “This cause having been set’down for hearing this day in vacation on bill, demurrer, and motion to dissolve the injunction, the court, having duly heard and considered the same in vacation at the time and place designated in the notice given the…
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