Metropolitan Exhibition Co. v. Ewing
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Motion for injunction. The action is similar in its nature to that of Metropolitan Exhibition Co. v. Wood, page 393, ante.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
This action is brought to restrain a threatened breach of contract for the performance of personal services which require special aptitude, skill and experience. It is a case in which' an action at law would not afford the plaintiff an adequate remedy for the breach, and in which the power of the court should be exercised by preventive interposition, if it is found that the contract is such as the plaintiff claims it to be. The circumstances are such that unless a preliminary injunction is granted the plaintiff will obtain no effectual remedy, because before the cause can be brought to final…
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