Opinion ID: 1997229
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Heading: The propriety of the original issuance of the writ is to be determined as of the time of hearing on the motion to dissolve.

Text: It frequently happens that, after the commencement of suits for injunctive relief, changes take place in the conditions which give rise to the litigation, and the question is thus presented whether the suit should stand or fall upon the facts as they existed at the time it was brought, so as to exclude all consideration of subsequent changes or abandonment of the acts complained of. Generally speaking, it is the condition of things at the time of the hearing of the suit, rather than that existing at its commencement, which is material, and which furnishes the basis for relief.   . 42 Am.Jur.2d, Injunctions, section 6, page 733. See also 43 C.J.S. Injunctions section 252 c, page 998. The early Iowa case Sweatt v. Faville, 23 Iowa 321, squarely held that a temporary injunction was properly left in effect notwithstanding defects in the original petition at the time the writ was issued. It was held that the court should take cognizance of an amended petition which supplanted the original.