Edmonson v. Garnett
Edmonson v. Garnett
Opinion of the Court
This was an injunction sited out by the appellant to restrain the defendant in error from enforcing the collection of a judgment granted in his favor June 22, I860, in-the District Court of Eort Bend county. On demurrer the injunction was dissolved, and by cross petition, damages given. The briefs presented by appellant’s counsel are of masterly skill-and ability, and but for the adjudicated, cases, some of the questions raised would put this court upon very earnest inquiry; but an examina■tion of the whole case has resulted in satisfying us that no material errors have been committed by the court below. It is contended that the amount of damages given for suing out the injunction are excessive, as the execution was only for one-fourth the-judgment.
This is true, hut the injunction restrained the whole judgment; and therefore we do not see that there is any excess of damages. If it should be found on calculation that the damages amount to more than ten per cent, on the judgment, the court herein • direct that the excess be rebated.
The fact is not established that Garnett, .the administrator, took the bond of Towsey and Bingham in satisfaction of the judgment in favor of Bradley’s estate; and not being satisfied that the evidence makes out this fact clearly, we deem it unnecessary to notice the points raised upon the question by the very learned counsel
Affirmed.
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