New York Court of Appeals, 1931

Triangle Mint Corp. v. Mulrooney

Triangle Mint Corp. v. Mulrooney
New York Court of Appeals · Decided July 15, 1931 · <italic>Per Curiam.</italic>
177 N.E. 420; 257 N.Y. 200; 1931 N.Y. LEXIS 838 (North Eastern Reporter)

Triangle Mint Corp. v. Mulrooney

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

An equity court should exercise its jurisdiction to restrain the police from enforcing a criminal statute, the enforcement of which threatens property damage, only in cases where a clear legal right to that relief is established. The record in this case does not establish such a clear legal right. For that reason the judgment should be affirmed, with costs.

Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Lehman, Kellogg, O’Brien and Hubbs, JJ., concur.

Judgment affirmed.

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