Leak v. . Armfield

Tbe sole question presented is, Did tbe court below commit error in restraining tbe sale?

In Lea v. Johnson, 31 N. C., 19, Pearson, J., said: “ ‘Hard cases are tbe quicksands of tbe law.’ In other words, a judge sometimes looks so mucb at tbe apparent hardship of tbe case as to overlook tbe law.”

In Cureton v. Moore, 55 N. C., 207, it was said: “A court of equity ean no more relieve against ‘bard cases/ unless there be some ground of equity jurisdiction, than a court of law, for both courts act upon general principles. Equity, as well -as law, is a science, and does not depend upon the…