Atlantic Refining Co. v. Wyoming National Bank

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

Herman Jacobs, an additional defendant, appeals from a decree of specific performance in favor of the plaintiff in a suit by the Atlantic Refining Company (hereinafter referred to as Atlantic) against the defendant bank. The plaintiff joined Jacobs as a party defendant solely for the purpose of rendering doubly effective an incidental restraint sought against the bank’s conveyance of the property in controversy to anyone other than the plaintiff, Jacobs having asserted a right thereto as its purchaser at an auction sale conducted by the bank.

After a hearing on the…