Any action brought as provided in Section 58-17-3980 to recover any penalty or damages shall be regarded as a subject of equity jurisdiction and discovery and affirmative relief may be sought and obtained therein. In any such action so brought as a case of equitable cognizance, preliminary or final injunction may, without allegation or proof of damage to the complainant, be granted upon proper application, restraining, forbidding and prohibiting the commission or continuance of any act, matter or thing by this chapter prohibited or forbidden.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1255; 1952 Code Section 58-1255; 1942 Code Section 8454; 1932 Code Section 8471; Civ. C. '22 Section 5007; Civ. C. '12 Section 3309; Civ. C. '02 Section 2203; G. S. 1539; R. S. 1736; 1882 (18) 18.