West v. Mayor of New-York
New York Court of Chancery
This was an application, by the defendants, for the dissolution of an injunction granted by the late injunction master of the first circuit, restraining the defendants from prosecuting suits against the complainants, or their agents, cartmen, or servants, for breaches of the corporation ordinances relative to the weighing of anthracite coal in the city of New-York.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The question as to the validity of the corporation ordinances does not properly belong to this court for decision ; where the complainants, as in this case, *540have a perfect defence at law if the ordinances are invalid, or if they do not render the complainants, or those in their employ, liable for the penalty. And it would be an usurpation of jurisdiction by this court if it should draw to itself the settlement of such questions when their decision was not necessary in the discharge of the legitimate duties of the court. In the case of Oakley v. The Mayor, &c. of NewYork,…
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