Russell v. Holderness

The bill in this case is filed by the appellee against the appellants, and seeks a mandatory writ of injunction to abate a public nuisance consisting of a sawmill, lumber yard, lumber shed, and other buildings constructed by the defendants in what is alleged to be Commerce street in the town of Cordova.

On submission on the demurrers to the bill, motion for a temporary writ of injunction, and testimony taken ore tenus, the court overruled the demurrers, and granted a temporary mandatory writ of injunction compelling the immediate removal of the structures complained of.

The sufficiency of the…