Collins v. Butler
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Sixth District. The County Judge granted an injunction, restraining the defendants, Butler and Long, to whom the judgment in the suit of A. J. and ~E. J. Butler v. Collins, (12 Cal.) had been assigned, from collecting or transferring the same. Long appeals from the order.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
We think that the injunction in this case was improperly granted, and that the hill is destitute of equity.
The defendants, A. J. and E. J. Butler, as partners, brought an action of trespass against Collins and one Mon ell, in the Sixth District Court, for taking and converting certain goods in the possession of, and belonging to, the defendants. The suit was tried on the merits, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiffs. The case was taken to this Court on appeal, and the judgment below partially affirmed. On the trial, a nonsuit was taken as to Monel!. A motion was made for a new trial…
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