New York Johnson Motor Co. v. Johnson Motor Co.

The Chancellor.

A bill which seeks to enjoin the breach of such a contract as we are here concerned with, is a bill which in*360directly seeks the remedy of specific performance. There are many reported cases in which injunctive relief has been granted against the breach of a negative covenant, express or implied. The fact that the injunction operates only against the defendant’s breaches ánd does not compel the complainant’s performance, has not always been regarded by the courts as a sufficient reason for withholding the remedy. Cramer v. Lewes Sand Co., ante p. 329, 138A. 78, recently decided…