Schindler
California Insurance v. Schindler
Opinion
Lead Opinion
McKee, J.
The action in hand was brought against defendants, as sureties to an undertaking in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars to recover damages which the corporation, plaintiff in the action, claims to have sustained by reason of, and during the continuance of, a restraining order, and the costs and expenses incurred in procuring its dissolution. The restraining order was made on March 15, 1879, in an action commenced on that day by George W. Carter against the said corporation to perpetually enjoin it from collecting an assessment which had been levied upon its outstanding policies of insurance. At the time of filing the complaint in the action Carter obtained an order to show cause why a temporary injunction should not be issued, and also an order ad interim restraining the corporation from doing any act or thing in the way of collecting the assessment. On obtaining this last order he gave bond, as required by the court, in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned accord *229 ing to section 525 of the Code of Civil Procedure. That bond was filed and approved by the court on March 15, 1879.
The order to show cause came on to be heard April 11, 1879. On that day counsel…