Gano v. Lidalia Coal Co.
Gano v. Lidalia Coal Co.
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
This is an action of assumpsit on a bond, given by the defendant under an order of the court in an equity proceeding, to secure the suspension of an injunction restraining the defendant coal company from shipping coal to persons other than those designated in the orders of the plaintiff. The bond recited the proceeding in equity, the. restraining order and the order suspending the injunction, which contained the following paragraph: “If the defendant company will file a bond with sufficient surety to be approved by the court in the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, condition for the protection of proper interests of the plaintiff,” then the injunction was to be suspended. The condition of the bond was to protect the plaintiff “from loss or injury caused by said suspension of the injunction, and pay or cause to be paid to them such loss as they may sustain, if any, by reason of the said suspension of said injunction.” The bond, through the proceeding there mentioned, gave the surety company notice of the “proper interests” of
It is clear that the plaintiffs had amply protected their commissions under the contract, which required the money from the sales to pass through their hands, from which they could deduct commissions and advances. This protection was taken from them when the coal company was permitted to continue their unlawful sales. The plaintiffs.had no light to commissions, as such, on these sales. Then damages arose directly through the suspension order, as the plaintiffs were entitled to have their orders filled, and were entitled to the output of the mine. It follows that the loss sustained was within the terms of the bond given in pursuance of the suspension order.
The assignments of error are overruled and the judgment is affirmed.
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