Aldrich v. Geahry

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Charles H. Aldrich, plaintiff, filed this bill in equity to compel specific performance by defendant, George W. Geahry, of a written agreement for the sale of 75 shares of the capital stock of the United Cleaning Company, a closely held corporation.

On the filing of the bill of complaint, accompanied by injunction affidavits and a bond, the learned court below granted a preliminary injunction, restraining defendant, Geahry, “from transferring, assigning, pledging, or in anywise encumbering any of his stock in United Cleaning Company”; defendant, Robert Lear (to whom…