Weed v. Roberts

There are many difficult questions of law involved in this proceeding, and to grant the injunction asked for by the plaintiffs would be in effect to decide these questions in their favor before the trial, and this a court of equity will not do unless it be first established that it is necessary in order to prevent an irreparable injury, or that the plaintiffs have an undoubted legal right to it. The papers presented do not establish either, and, therefore, the application must be denied. My reasons for reaching this conclusion are as follows:

First. It does not appear that the act of the…