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Bell v. Purvis

Henry Bell v. James F. Purvis and others

Bell v. Purvis, 15 Md. 22 (1860)
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Court
Court of Appeals of Maryland · State Highest Courts
Decided
February 24, 1860
Judges
Bartol, Eccleston, Grand, Ton, Tuck
Citations
15 Md. 221860 Md. LEXIS 7
Headnotes
Where an answer comes in before the injunction is ordered, and so denies the equity of the bill as to authorize a dissolution of the injunction on motion to dissolve, the injunction ought not to be granted.
Summary
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore city. This appeal is taken from an order of the court below, (Krebs, J.,) granting an injunction upon a bill filed by the appellees against the appellant. The facts under which the injunction was granted, are stated in the opinion of this court.

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Opinion of the Court — Eccleston

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Eccleston, J.,

delivered the opinion of this court.

This bill, praying for an injunction, was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore city, on the 13th of April 1859, by the appellees against the appellant. A subpoena was issued, returnable the second Monday of May following.

The defendant appeared the 15th of April and filed his answer on the 6th of May. Twelve days after, the court passed an order granting an injunction; from which order the present appeal was taken.

The answer denies the equity of the bill; and if the injunction had been granted, and such an answer had been subsequently filed, it would have authorized a dissolution of the injunction, upon a motion to dissolve. If this be true, then, inasmuch as the answer came in before the injunction was ordered, it should not have been granted. Hall vs. McPherson, 3 Bland’s Ch. Rep.,529. 3 Danl. Ch. Pr., 1813, 1814, (Ed. 1846.)

Order reversed and cause remanded,

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