Portsmouth, Brewing Co. v. Portsmouth Brewing & Bottling Co.

Clark, J. The plaintiffs ask a court of equity to protect them by injunction, and to aid them in carrying on the business of brewing and selling intoxicating malt liquors in this state and elsewhere — in effect, to assist them in violating the statutes of the state. The owner of property has a right to protection in any legal use or business in which it may be employed, but if he chooses voluntarily to engage in illegal business,- he has no legal claim upon the court to aid him in carrying on such business. Bill dismissed. Dob, C. J., did not sit: the others concurred.