Napa Valley Electric Co. v. Calistoga Electric Co.

THE COURT.

The plaintiff commenced an action in the superior court to enforce specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of certain property, and sought an injunction

pendente lite

restraining the defendant from disposing of the property pending the determination of the action.

The superior court having granted a temporary restraining order, on the hearing of the application for an injunction

pendente lite

made its order denying the same and dissolving the temporary restraining order. It refused the request of the plaintiff to continue in force the temporary restraining order pending the determination of the appeal from the order denying an injunction

pendente lite.

The plaintiff has appealed from such order and now. seeks from this court an order restraining the defendant, pending such appeal, from disposing of the property; in other words, it seeks from this court, pending the determination of the appeal, precisely the relief it sought to obtain from the superior court by an injunction

pendente lite.

It was determined by this court in

Hicks

v.

Michael et al.,

15 Cal. 107, 112, 114, that this court has no authority to

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grant such relief. At the time of that decision our law, both constitutional and statutory, was substantially the same as it is now in all material respects. This decision has ever since its rendition been regarded by this court as determining this question, and it has been consistently followed by denying applications in all respects similar to this. In the ease of

Platt

v.

City and County of San