Legal Opinion

City of Grand Rapids v. Warren Bros.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 15, 1912No. 2,255PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan: Suit in equity by the Warren Bros. Company against the City of Grand Rapids and Edward W. Seamans. From an order entered on a motion for preliminary injunction, defendants appeal. This ease is here on appeal from an order granting a temporary injunction.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan: Suit in equity by the Warren Bros. Company against the City of Grand Rapids and Edward W. Seamans. From an order entered on a motion for preliminary injunction, defendants appeal. This ease is here on appeal from an order granting a temporary injunction. The appellant Seamans having entered into a contract with the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., for the paving of one of its streets according to agreed specifications, the appellee filed its bill, which is in the nsnal form, alleging that the proposed…

1Opinion of the CourtSater, District Judge

(after stating the facts as above). [1] In determining whether the record presents reversible error, we are required to consider the correctness of the order from the same standpoint as that occupied by the court in granting it, and if we find, after a consideration of the facts presented to that court for its action, that its legal discjetion to grant the order was not improvidently exercised, we should not disturb its action. Duplex Printing-Press Co. v. Campbell Printing-Press & M. Co., 69 Fed. 250, 252, 16 C. C. A. 220 (C. C. A. 6); Louisville Home Tel. Co. v. Cumberland Tel. & Tel. Co.,…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Root v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Parks v. BoothSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Blount v. Societe Anonyme Du Filtre Chamberland Systeme PasteurCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1892
  4. Bissell Carpet-Sweeper Co. v. Goshen Sweeper Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
  5. Georgia v. BrailsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1792

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Samson Cordage Works v. Puritan Cordage MillsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
  2. Crescent Specialty Co. v. National Fireworks Distributing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
  3. City of Akron v. BoneCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
  4. Mueller v. WolfingerDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1946
  5. Packard Paper Box Co. v. O. B. Andrews Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1933

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