Legal Opinion

Goodrich v. Moore

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 15, 1858PublishedCited by 13 opinions

This was an application made by the State Printer, E. S. Goodrich, to the District Court of Eamsey County, for a Writ of Injunction to restrain the Defendant Moore from proceeding with the publication of the journals and proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, presided over by the Hon. St. A. D. Ealcombe, during the months of July and August, 1857, which journals and proceedings the Plaintiff claimed, were part and parcel of the printing required by law to be done by…

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This was an application made by the State Printer, E. S. Goodrich, to the District Court of Eamsey County, for a Writ of Injunction to restrain the Defendant Moore from proceeding with the publication of the journals and proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, presided over by the Hon. St. A. D. Ealcombe, during the months of July and August, 1857, which journals and proceedings the Plaintiff claimed, were part and parcel of the printing required by law to be done by the State Printer, as accruing during the recess of the Legislative Assembly, and for which printing an appropriation of…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

I. Atwater, J.

The motion in the Court below was to vacate the order granting theUnjunction in this cause, and to dissolve the same.

The motion was granted, and we think properly. It is a well settled rule~that an injunction ought not to be granted, unless the injury is pressing and the delay dangerous, or as stated by some authorities, where the injury might be irreparable. Barb. Chan. Prac. Vol. 1. p. 608, Ogden vs. Kip. 6 John. Ch. R. 60. N. Y. Printing Co. vs. Fitch, 1, Paige, 97. Dan. Ch. Prac. 3 Vol. p. 1854. Jerome vs. Ross, 7 Barb. Ch. R., 315

In this case it does not appear…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Reardon, Co. v. ScalesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  2. Germania Bank of Minneapolis v. BoutellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
  3. Lowe v. CopelandCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
  4. Snow v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Orr v. AllenDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1917

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