Opinion ID: 1967081
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Heading: Prior Practice

Text: The statute which preceded Pa.R.C.P. 1531(b) was 12 P.S. § 2071: [3] § 2071. Indemnity bond before injunction may issue. No injunction shall be issued by any court or judge until the party applying for the same shall be given bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by said court or judge, conditioned to indemnify the other party for all damages that may be sustained by reason of such injunction. 1844, May 6, P.L. 564, § 1. (Emphasis added). Prior practice, under this rule, was enunciated by the Supreme Court in Azar v. Markle, 311 Pa. 296, 166 A. 889 (1933). The Court, in a per curiam opinion, stated that a defendant's only remedy for damages from an injunction is against the bond. The very purpose of such bonds is to indemnify defendants for `all damages that may be sustained by reason of such injunction.' If the amount of the bond was inadequate, the attention of the chancellor should have been directed to that fact at the time it was filed. 311 Pa. at 298, 166 A. 889. (citation omitted). Accordingly, prior practice was to limit damages to the amount of the bond.