Arnold v. Mathews

Felton, Justice.

1. In this action to enjoin criminal prosecution under certain ordinances of the City of Monroe, the case as made by the pleadings falls -within the general rule, that courts exercising equitable jurisdiction will not enjoin prosecutions under municipal ordinances, even where the ordinances are allegedly invalid and there are threats of arrest and multiplicity of prosections, unless it is shown that the threatened prosecutions are for the sole purpose of unlawfully taking or destroying property or the business of the plaintiff, or that they will in fact result in irreparable…