Wheeler v. McIntyre
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from. District Court, Sill County; W. B. Rhoades,’ Judge. Action by W. H. Wheeler against Margaret McIntyre for injunction. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The rule is that equity will not interpose to restrain the mere violation of a municipal ordinance at the instance of an individual.
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Appeal from. District Court, Sill County; W. B. Rhoades,’ Judge. Action by W. H. Wheeler against Margaret McIntyre for injunction. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The rule is that equity will not interpose to restrain the mere violation of a municipal ordinance at the instance of an individual. It will so interpose its extraordinary powers only when such acts amount to nuisances, or where the applicant for its protection shows that by reason of the violation of the ordinance some special and irreparable injury will result to him. (Rice v. Jefferson, 50 Mo. App. 464; King v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pigott
By the judgment in this action defendant McIntyre (who will hereinafter be called the defendant) is perpetually enjoined from removing, or attempting to remove, and from digging, excavating, and removing the ground and foundation from beneath, a wooden building known as the McIntyre Opera House. On this appeal by her from that judgment her counsel have argued at length the several specifications of particulars in which, as she asserts, the trial court committed error prejudicially affecting her rights. The plaintiff has not seen fit to state or present his contentions, nor has he appeared, on…
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