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66 N.Y. 127

Spears v. . Mathews

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 28, 1876

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1876-04-28

The action had been tried upon the merits, and judgment perfected in favor of defendant, and the motion was made pending an appeal from the judgment. The court has no power after judgment, and pending an appeal therefrom, to grant an injunction in the same action, or to revive a preliminary injunction previously granted. (Erie R. Co. v. Ramsey, 45 N. Y., 637-645; Fellows v. Heermans, 13 Abb.

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Decided 1876-04-28

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Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently July 1974

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Per Curiam.

¶1 The precise question involved in this appeal was decided adversely to the respondents by this court in Fellows v. Heermans (reported in 13 Abb. Pr. [N. S.], 1), where it was held that the court had no power to revive or continue a temporary injunction obtained by the plaintiff, after judgment against him in the action pending his appeal from the judgment.

¶2 The decision was made by a divided court, but a majority of the judges agreed to the judgment pronounced’ in that case, and the question here presented was considered and distinctly passed upon. The court were of the opinion that the Code defined and limited the power of the court in respect to granting injunctions, and that the right to an injunction in any ease, if it existed, was to be found in the provisions of the Code. This decision was referred to in Erie Railway Company v. Ramsey (45 N. Y., 637) as establishing this proposition. The question is, therefore, res adyudicata, and we do not deem it useful to restate the grounds upon which this court based its decision. It maybe that the power of the court to continue an injunction pending an appeal from an order or judgment dissolving it ought to exist, but this is a question for the legislature.

¶3 The order should be reversed.

¶4 All concur.

¶5 Order reversed.

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