Gravenstine's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. This was an appeal, by John Gravenstine and Jacob Gravenstine, from the decree of the court below, awarding a perpetual injunction against the collection by execution of a judgment held by Jacob Gravenstine against The Philadelphia Coal Oil Company, and appointing a receiver to take charge of the property of the company.
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Appeal from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. This was an appeal, by John Gravenstine and Jacob Gravenstine, from the decree of the court below, awarding a perpetual injunction against the collection by execution of a judgment held by Jacob Gravenstine against The Philadelphia Coal Oil Company, and appointing a receiver to take charge of the property of the company. The bill, which was filed by John Evans, in his own name and that of D. J. McCann and J. H. Johnson, with leave to add other creditors and stockholders, set forth that on or about the 6th of May, A. D. 1859, the complainants with…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, J.
The only real party complainant in this bill is John Evans, who claims equitable interference by injunction, on the ground of being a stockholder in “ The Philadelphia Coal Oil Company.” Very shortly after the filing of the bill by Evans, Johnston filed an affidavit in the case, in which he declared explicitly that he was not aware of the filing of the bill, and that his name was joined as complainant without his direction or approval; and he has taken no part whatever in the proceedings had in the case. McCann neither signed the bill, nor…
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