Romeyn v. Caplis
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Wayne Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the purchase of certain real estate in the City of Detroit. An injunction was issued, forbidding defendants from “making any conveyance of, or creating any lien upon said premises, or in any way making any change in the apparent title of the same.”
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Appeal in Chancery from Wayne Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the purchase of certain real estate in the City of Detroit. An injunction was issued, forbidding defendants from “making any conveyance of, or creating any lien upon said premises, or in any way making any change in the apparent title of the same.” One of the defendants was adjudged guilty of violating the injunction, and an appeal was taken from this order. The facts are stated in the opinion. It is claimed that the appellant is guilty of altering the apparent title…
1Opinion of the Court
Graves J.
In this case, the defendant Caplis asks us to review, on appeal, an order made in the court below, adjudging him guilty of a contempt, and imposing a fine upon him of $100, and requiring him to pay to the complainant the costs and expenses of the proceeding, taxed in the order at $10.
The contempt imputed to the defendant, consisted in an alleged violation of an injunction issued from the court below, and served upon Caplis, and enjoining him, and the defendants Anderson, Lyell, and Roberts, among other things, from making any conveyance of, or creating any lien upon the premises…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- M'Credie v. E. & R. SeniorNew York Court of Chancery · 1834
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