Bartlett v. L. Bartlett & Son Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Wakreit D. TaRRant, Circuit Judge. Action to enjoin the GJiamber of Commerce of the City of Milwaukee from expelling or suspending plaintiffs from the chamber for an alleged violation of its rules of organization.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Wakreit D. TaRRant, Circuit Judge. Action to enjoin the GJiamber of Commerce of the City of Milwaukee from expelling or suspending plaintiffs from the chamber for an alleged violation of its rules of organization. The following facts were set forth in the complaint by appropriate allegations: Since more than one year prior to January 2, 1902, plaintiffs have been partners in business as Bartlett, Frazier & Co., except that during such period, prior to the date mentioned, plaintiff Pierce was taken into the firm. The business of…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
If the complaint states a good cause of action, there is at least a probability that appellants are entitled to a decree for the relief prayed for. If that should be the final result of the litigation, yet respondent Chamber of Commerce be allowed in the meantime to do the mischief threatened, it is reasonably certain that the object of the suit will be in a great measure defeated. A judgment in their favor, if the status quo is not preserved pending the litigation, will leave them irreparably injured; while if it is preserved, we are unable to see how any damage of a serious character can…
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