Goodell v. Lassen
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erasttts S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, by Addison Goodell, Sellick B. Warner and Erastus P. Marsh against Hiels P. Lassen, for an injunction. The court below sustained a demurrer to, and dismissed the bill, and assessed defendant’s damages at $75. The complainants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Soott
The facts, as alleged in the bill, present no grounds for the interposition of a court of chancery. Appellants have clearly applied to the wrong forum. Ho reason is shown why they have not a complete remedy at law. The act sought to be restrained is, in itself, a mere trivial trespass, and it can hardly be said to be the cause of irreparable injury.
Appellee rented of appellants’ grantor two rooms in the building on the corner of Clark and Monroe streets, in Chicago, for the period of one year from the 15th day of March, 1873. Ho stipulation was put into the lease as to the signs Avhich could…
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