Talbott v. Pickford
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by one of several defendants (a severance Having been granted) from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia enjoining tbe execution of a judgment in an action of libel.
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Hearing on an appeal by one of several defendants (a severance Having been granted) from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia enjoining tbe execution of a judgment in an action of libel. Tbe Court in the opinion stated tbe facts as follows: This is an appeal from a decree perpetually enjoining tbe execution of a judgment recovered in an action of libel in tbe supreme court of tbe District of Columbia by Henry M. Talbott against Thomas H. Pickford and John H. Walter. Tbe action was begun September 27, 1902, and ended in a judgment for plaintiff for $8,500, March, 1906.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
Modern legislation generally authorizes the setting aside of judgments at law after term, and the granting of new trials for good cause shown in petitions therefor addressed to the court rendering the judgment complained of. These remedies, by reason of their justice and efficacy, have largely superseded the practice of resorting to equity to obtain injunctions against the executions of such judgments. Their consequences are not so serious as those resulting from perpetual injunctions against executions, which forever conclude the plaintiffs in the judgments enjoined; for the extent of the…
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