Graham v. Womack
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. J. D. Perkins, * Judge. (1) The plaintiffs being tbe lessees of the owner in possession had no adequate remedy at law, and could resort to a court of equity.
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Appeal from the Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. J. D. Perkins, * Judge. (1) The plaintiffs being tbe lessees of the owner in possession had no adequate remedy at law, and could resort to a court of equity. High on Inj. [3 Ed.], sec. 702; Wilson v. Mineral Point, 39 Wis. 160; Wren v. Walsh, 57 Wis. 98; Johnson v. Rochester, 13 Hun. 285; Newaygo v. Railway, 61 Mich. 111. (2) The defendant’s continued trespasses and tearing up posts, coupled with threats of continuing such removal, he being insolvent, would warrant relief by injunction as well as upon the ground of inadequacy of the legal remedy,…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This is a suit in equity. The petition contained, amongst others, the following allegations:
That said defendant daily enters upon said premises and by threats and intimidations has driven the men employed by plaintiffs from said premises; that said defendant has threat*621ened great violence to men employed by plaintiffs in conducting mining operations on said premises, by cursing and abusing them, and threatening their lives if they continue to work on said premises. That by 'his willful and wrongful acts, he has driven the plaintiffs’ employees from said premises, and by his threats and…
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