, 1879-01-20
THE COURTS.
A New Point Regarding the Dis.
solution OF an Injunction.
Individual Liability Of tho Stock
holders Of tho ftcpub-
lie Life.

n Fn0tlon Hnh H1atle SEf1crHhT AFTERNOON he- |
fore .iu1gc Williams to t''ssnEvc the injunction
h't1n'rtn granttHa In tho ca'n Of S"!'pn ~.
Whit.rl,1c.'. r.,c Judge hal 1uc.Iy .t1ppcd
away tram tho Criminal Court t., Lf. usual
quarters In ths City.ifnlI. bit iounl TIM. lie
outy Jumped troth The fryfnr-paf into The fire.
Tic suit was lpenn by Nelson. N!,t, uwnt,l
t,ttl calfc.I the Filth Avenue Mls, to prevent
tic defendant from using TN. nanc fifth Az
,iilc Afi1l OIL Ills s:nrc. or OIL hfs gla sold, Ut
oh lIt. delivery wagons. Chr,pfnnant alleged
that III, had bccn the fr.tto usc tic ter that he
Ind huft up n Etki lnG III trn.fr. mud that thg
defendant, secIn1 his fucrc*s, ha,t *pfasht to
d,h,nrsity tcHp where nc had not
sown. hy usinR tie satno trademark.
An inJunet1on WA granted ex partc when the
tilt waa ti'rsi hut Saturday, after argument,
the Judge tfesalretl II, 10 tc use Of ti,c words
above ia a lra:ac.fnark md II. n sign or IN
wngou, but allowed II to conttuno as to other
rcsnccta.
Incidentally, question Of considerable inter.
cat was raIsrl, which docs not Rccm to llaye
lccn decided In this State. When tho order for
partial dissolution Of the Injunction was tnaic.
tic counsel for the defendants askcsl fos MI
order allowing damages for tho wrongful is.tl.
linz of tho Injunction. etc.. which was resisted
by tc solicitor for complainant on the ground
TINT damages were only allowable on rho
absolute dissolution OF mn Injunction. The
Ju.iGc thought tho question was an tmpor-
tant one, and, 10 his knowledge. he Baiu
had never been decided. THO 1ahguagc
Of tho statute On tho subject was s'road Int It
was u question whether damage for partial
dissolution cane within the meaning IT the
statute or not. The Supreme Court Of Viz
gEnia, on similar point. had held partial dis
solution was equivalent to general tt*soIl1-
tton. Tho Supreme Court of Illinois hal ncscr
expressly passed on tho 1nuation hit Ind held
that Rurtt trnccrdlng untser thc statute WI. ns
cillraclois n rcntiv as a suit OH imrd at COM
u,un law. Iicas0nfnR fr.Irn tkuse two cases. bv
annloEy, he thought l,c wn* irstt'3cd tn holding
tslar ,lnnlagea weru allowable on partial 4**n-
futlan uf in INJUNCTION. anil It would certainty
be hettcr tU awnr.l them In that way fhnu t,
drive the PARTIES 10 suit on The bond. II
would also aaFe great amount Ut
delay q a e., f.; eo s'ane a nS
by Iutgc who was hest acquainted with the
facta. Tic therefore awarded *i5 To carl, ul the
twu attorneys fnr tfc tiefetrinn.+: l'o:i rartns:
however. were tissatlsf1c1 with this ruling. and
each took m appeal tn the Appellate Court.
TuE nErunl1c LIFE.
There cano m ycater1ay tcfnre Judge Gary.
tn tlo Superior Court, tic ault vi tla Texaa
Land 8 t'aalslnE COMPANY ~: 1o',n :. rarwHll
i. rarwsil upon nts Individual ltalaty Us d
a,,,..:hul.trr IN, lin nrot1k,c LIFE fns,lrY,,I Cam
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pn ,rae ."ira tn II In H.. sn,n ~ "t,n.t
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| tr.os Mi iI,biiftft,a nf thr fn,n,rnr IN fin
auss.s W. ~. .t. brt, +" him ,,,,.; ,,nt ~ NY
s s.,1 IN !. rhn r,;,, tvn. ~, ~. rnr,,nro,,
th, tlrIrn,lnn. ncfrpnallr individually liatic 10
m amount rqunl 10 thu atn"nHt III tic alrycd
unpaid l,ortiun OF tho subscription, yiz.: $780,
0Uj
The question ca1ne up on demurrer to tho
declaration. anu It sas ARGUED ~ ar. halss 10Y
the dc!cnilant, thnt tliu etassn a!lotGd ef"nted
M personal liability III tic stt,ekhol'lcr ~ ttt
| creditor. hut wa. merely m11t!thl psovHlra Dv
thc charter 70 collect tlio tlnpn't TT tns " .se
snbacf1utlons ny tllt to'iph.iS, ana " ~ oct's
u, 10 IVY ~ s*tn a.u ...o., ~, ~. ~. its
ttor could not recover upon a'l oolls"tton whleh
ran IT, lug GninpnnY' &C.
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