Township of Clinton v. Carmat, Inc.

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

On April 17, 1980, plaintiff-appellee, Township of Clinton, filed a complaint in equity seeking a preliminary injunction and, eventually, a permanent injunction to restrain the appellants-defendants (Carmat) from operating a business known as “Liberty House” in said township. Simultaneously, it requested the court to issue a rule to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue, which was granted that same day. The order granting the rule set April 30, 1980, at 2 p. m. as the time for a hearing on the rule. This date was later changed to, and the hearing held on,…