Alexander v. Woods
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Adams county. Hon. E. E. Jackson, Judge. Suit by Bartley Woods and others against John Alexander and others for damages resulting from the wrongful suing out of an injunction. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Adams county. Hon. E. E. Jackson, Judge. Suit by Bartley Woods and others against John Alexander and others for damages resulting from the wrongful suing out of an injunction. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. At the February Term, 1916, appellants had the cause set down for final hearing upon the issue docket on bill and exhibits and answers and exhibits, no testimony having been taken by complainants. Thereupon complainants moved to dismiss their suit, and it was dismissed by a decree…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
The appellants filed suit in the circuit court against the appellees, based upon an injunction bond given in a suit which has been pending in the chancery court. The appellees in the chancery court had obtained a temporary injunction against appellants for reasons unnecessary to be herein stated. A temporary injunction was granted and a written suggestion of damages which would be asked by the defendants upon the dissolution. *169of the injunction had heen filed in the chancery court. After some legal proceedings, unnecessary to set out, the case was set down for hearing upon bill and answer,…
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