Sacket v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““It is a well settled general rule, in equity practice, that a motion for a dissolution of an injunction must be founded on an answer to the bill; and that affidavits cannot be substituted for an answer.” Sacket v. Hill, 2 Mich. 182, 183 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Detroit City Gas Co. v. Wayne Circuit Judge