Martin v. Brown
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction and receiver. Before Judge Spence. Calhoun superior court. February 29, 1907. Herbert Brown, Louis Brown, Kathleen Brown, Mary Brown, and Euth Madden, minors, by their next friend, filed an equitable petition in the superior court of Calhoun county, against E. W. Martin, J. 0. Exum, Mrs. W. E. Madden, B. M. Lee, Sealy & Company, The Cowart Loftin Compaq, W. L. Godwin, The Dawson Naval Stores & Lumber Company, L. II.
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Injunction and receiver. Before Judge Spence. Calhoun superior court. February 29, 1907. Herbert Brown, Louis Brown, Kathleen Brown, Mary Brown, and Euth Madden, minors, by their next friend, filed an equitable petition in the superior court of Calhoun county, against E. W. Martin, J. 0. Exum, Mrs. W. E. Madden, B. M. Lee, Sealy & Company, The Cowart Loftin Compaq, W. L. Godwin, The Dawson Naval Stores & Lumber Company, L. II. Davis, sheriff of Calhoun ■county, D. W. James, and the Bank of Eandolph, defendants be.ing residents of Calhoun, Earfy, Terrell, and Eandolph counties. The allegations…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
A ground of demurrer urged at the interlocutory hearing was that the petition was multifarious, and the writ of injunction should be denied on this account. An injunction will not be granted to preserve the status upon which to decree relief on the various unrelated matters which render the petition multifarious. White v. North Ga. Elec. Co., 128 Ga. 539. So that our investigation of the alleged errors of the trial court máy well begin at this point. Multifariousness is defined in Nail v. Mobley, 9 Ga. 280, to be “the improperly joining in one bill distinct and independent matters, and…
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- White v. North Georgia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Steele Lumber Co. v. Laurens Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Nail v. MobleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
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