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Vol.,. 34] NOVEMBER TERM, 1879. 559 Medical and Surgical Institute vs. City of Hot Springs. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE VS. Crrs- OF ' MT SPRINGS. 1. INJUNCTION : Chancery does not enjoin criminal prosecutions. APPEAL from Garland Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. JAREZ M. SMITH, Circuit Judge. Benjamin, for appellant; Henderson, Attorney General contra. ENGLISH, C. J. The appellant corporation filed the bill
560 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS, [Vol,. 34 in this case against the city of Hot Springs, in the circuit court of Garland county, to enjoin said city from prosecuting its agents, etc., under the ordinance (copied in Thomas v. City of Hot Springs, ante) to prohibit and punish drumming. The court granted a temporary inj unction, and, on final hearing, dissolved it, and appellant obtained from the clerk of this court an appeal. Chancery does not enjoin criminal prosecutions, as held in Portis v. Fall et al., MS. Affirmed.
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