Holden's Administrators v. M'Makin
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
This was a bill in equity praying for the sale of partnership property in a newspaper, the appointment of a receiver, and the decree of an account.
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This was a bill in equity praying for the sale of partnership property in a newspaper, the appointment of a receiver, and the decree of an account. The material parts of the bill and answer are so fully stated in the opinion given by the Court, on the application for an injunction and the appointment of a receiver, that a more full statement of the facts of the case, or the points in controversy, is deemed unnecessary to enable the reader clearly to comprehend the questions decided. When the bill was first filed, and an injunction was asked for, the Court suggested that the defendant should…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was delivered by
PARSONS, Judge. —
This case comes before the Court on an application for an injunction, and the appointment of a receiver; not for a final decree. True it is, the defendant has filed an answer to the bill, and on the filing of the answer it is, that the plaintiffs ask for these interlocutory orders.
The bill sets forth that a certain newspaper was published in this city, called the “ Saturday Courier,” by Woodward & Clark, which had a circulation of about 22,000 copies weekly, and in the spring of 1886 the interest of Clark was purchased by Ezra Holden,…
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