Hemingway v. Ball

This matter is before the court upon the return of an order to show cause why the defendant should not be enjoined, pendentelite, from prosecuting an action at law in the Essex county circuit court against the complainant Walter C. Hemingway. On the return of the order to show cause, the defendant moved to strike the bill on the ground, among others, that the alleged contract set forth in the bill of complaint, and upon which complainants' right of action rests, is void both at law and in equity and contrary to public policy.

The facts appearing from the bill of complaint, and which for the…