Johnson v. Nora

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This suit was instituted by 14 residents of the City of Natchitoches to enjoin the defendant from operating in that city a dance hall, cafe, beer parlor, and package store, all known as the “Fifth Street Package Store”, and to recover $250 each as damages. After trial the lower court issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the defendant from conducting this business, and the defendant appealed from the judgment. In this court appellees have moved to dismiss the appeal.

In injunction suits it is well settled that the value of the right in contest determines whether this…