MORTON, District Judge.
The question is whether the plaintiffs are entitled as of right to dismiss their bill. If it is a matter of the court's discretion, I am of opinion, for reasons which I stated orally from the bench, that leave to do so ought not to be granted.
Up to a certain point in equity proceedings, there is no doubt that a plaintiff has the absolute right to dismiss his bill. It is, however, "well settled that he cannot do so without an order...
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