Justices of Inferior Court v. Croft
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Dougherty Superior Court. Decision by Judge Perkins, at Chambers, 19th January, 1855. George W. Croft filed a bill, alleging that he had contract- • ed with the Justices of the Inferior Court of Dougherty County, to lay the bricks in a new Court House, by a. written agreement; that he went to considerable expense to prepare to do the work, and was proceeding to do it, when the Justices withdrew all of the hands which they contracted to furnish, and all…
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In Equity, in Dougherty Superior Court. Decision by Judge Perkins, at Chambers, 19th January, 1855. George W. Croft filed a bill, alleging that he had contract- • ed with the Justices of the Inferior Court of Dougherty County, to lay the bricks in a new Court House, by a. written agreement; that he went to considerable expense to prepare to do the work, and was proceeding to do it, when the Justices withdrew all of the hands which they contracted to furnish, and all materials, after complainant had laid 150,000 bricks; that he continued in possession of the work, but had been deprived of it…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Starnes, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] If the right of the complainant in this bill, to sue these Justices of the Inferior Court be admitted, still, this is not' Such a contract as should be enforced specifically. If the defendants are liable to be sued at all, for and on account of the same, they are liable in damages, and there is no necessity for the interference of a Court of Equity in such a case. *475It is, at most, a mere breach, of a personal contract of covenant, and it is not shown that irreparable injury will result, unless the contract be specifically enforced.
It is true,…
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