Semmes v. Mayor of Columbus
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Muscogee Superior Court. Decision, by -Judge Worrill, at Chambers. ■ The plaintiffs in error, on the 24th day of November, 1855, presented their bill in Chancery, praying an injunction against the defendants in error, which was, on that day sanctioned, at Chambers, by Judge Worrill, Judge of the Superior Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit.
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In Equity, in Muscogee Superior Court. Decision, by -Judge Worrill, at Chambers. ■ The plaintiffs in error, on the 24th day of November, 1855, presented their bill in Chancery, praying an injunction against the defendants in error, which was, on that day sanctioned, at Chambers, by Judge Worrill, Judge of the Superior Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit. The allegations-in the bill are substantially, as follows : That complainants-are property holders, and most of them citizens of Columbus ; that the City of Columbus, in the year 184-, subscribed' for stock in the Muscogee Rail Road, and…
1Opinion of the Court
*484 By the Court.
McDonald, J.
delivering the opinion.
The first error assigned by complainants’ Counsel is, that the Judge called the defendants out of their county, and required them to argue the motion to dissolve the injunction in Talbot County.
[1.] The parties, complainant and defendant, resided in Muscogee County, and the cause was pending in that county. The Chancellor may order an injunction, instantly, on the ex parte showing of the complainant; and the exigency of the case-.frequently requires that he should do it. But the 'Writ of injunction is a strong process, and the party against…
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