Case Name: Mackle Construction Company et al. v. Smith
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1920-04-14
Citations: 150 Ga. 97
Docket Number: No. 1560
Parties: Mackle Construction Company et al. v. Smith.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Gilbert, J., absent for providential cause.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 97–97

Head Matter:
Mackle Construction Company et al. v. Smith.
No. 1560.
April 14, 1920.
Injunction. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. May 22, 1919.
Norman I. Miller and McDaniel & Black, for plaintiffs in error’.
Reuben R. Arnold, Dodd & Dodd, and Herbert J. Haas, contra.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
" Creditors without lien can not, as a general rule, enjoin their debtors from disposing of property, nor obtain-injunction or other extraordinary relief in equity." Civil Code, § 5495. Irrespective of the question of whether there were valid grounds for rescission of the contract of January 10, 1919, applying the foregoing provisions it was error, under the pleadings and evidence, to enjoin the defendants from transferring, selling, or encumbering their real estate.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur, except Gilbert, J., absent for providential cause.