Selectmen of Glover v. McGaffey
Supreme Court of Vermont
[In Chancery.] Question of damages on dissolution of an injunction. Heard, February Term, 1883, Orleans County, Eedeield, Chancellor, denied a reference moved for to ascertain the amount of damages, and decreed that the defendants recover only $500 as injunction damages, the amount of the bond. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
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[In Chancery.] Question of damages on dissolution of an injunction. Heard, February Term, 1883, Orleans County, Eedeield, Chancellor, denied a reference moved for to ascertain the amount of damages, and decreed that the defendants recover only $500 as injunction damages, the amount of the bond. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. No aid is likely to be found in the decisions of the State or H. S. courts, since nearly all these have been made in suits brought on the bond. In England the practice seems to have been until quite recently like ours. The question of injunction damages…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tart, J.
The main question in these proceedings was heard and an order made that the bill be dismissed. 55 Vt. 171. After the cause had been remanded a decree passed according to the mandate, and the question arose as to the amount of damages to which the defendants were entitled upon the dissolution of the injunction. At the time the injunction issued a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars was filed to secure the payment of such damages. No order was otherwise made respecting them. The orators tendered a decree for the amount of the bond as the full…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sturgis v. KnappSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
- Sturges v. KnappSupreme Court of Vermont · 1863
- Selectmen of Glover v. McGaffeySupreme Court of Vermont · 1882
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- Miltimore v. BottomSupreme Court of Vermont · 1894