Citizens' Light, Heat & Power Co. v. Montgomery Light & Water Power Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Alabama
In Equity. This case is submitted on bill and amended bill and affidavits on motion for a preliminary injunction. The bill is filed by the Citizens’ Light, Heat & Power Company against the Montgomery Light & Water Power Company. The former is a corporation chartered under the laws of Alabama, and the latter under the laws of New Jersey. For convenience, they are hereafter respectively styled the “Citizens’ Company,” and the “Water Power Com-Rally.”
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In Equity. This case is submitted on bill and amended bill and affidavits on motion for a preliminary injunction. The bill is filed by the Citizens’ Light, Heat & Power Company against the Montgomery Light & Water Power Company. The former is a corporation chartered under the laws of Alabama, and the latter under the laws of New Jersey. For convenience, they are hereafter respectively styled the “Citizens’ Company,” and the “Water Power Com-Rally.” They are competitors in the business of furnishing light and power by electricity to the people of Montgomery. The Water Power was first in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJones, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This case has been ably and elaborately argued and has had most painstaking consideration. The public, as w.ell as the parties, are deeply concerned in the important questions it involves, and no apology is needed for extended examination and discussion of them.
1. At the threshold of the case, we are met with the question of the power of the court of equity to enjoin written or spoken defamation of a man’s credit and business standing. The difficulties in the way of affording such relief are insurmountable. They grow alike out of' constitutional provisions,…
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