 It is not enough that there is a remedy at law ; it must be plain and adequate, or, in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration as the remedy in equity.  The American Law Register - Page 351868Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1830 - 584 pages
...money stipulated to be paid by the contract. Ibid. 210. 12. It is not enough that there is a emedy at law : it must be plain and adequate, or in other words, asopractical and as efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration, as thc'rcmedy in... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 526 pages
...respecting the jurisdiction of Chancery. He says: " To oust Chancery, it is not enough that there is a remedy at law ; it must be plain and adequate, or,...prompt administration, as the remedy in equity." The facts of the case, in which this language was used, appear sufficiently to shew the application of... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1850 - 660 pages
...at Law to make such a plea a good bar to a proceeding in Chancery — it must be shown that it was as practical and as efficient to the ends of justice,...its prompt administration, as the remedy in Equity. Besides, frauds and trusts are peculiarly within the jurisdiction of the Chancery Courts. 1 Mad. Ch.... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1850 - 688 pages
...the matter alleged in the bill might have been set up by way of defence, but that it would have been as practical and as efficient to the ends of justice, and its prompt administration, as the remedy iu Equity. „ [ .;. ] Where a creditor receives a deed to a tract of land, aa collateral security,... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County) - 1853 - 612 pages
...questionable. — Bank of Kentucky v. Schuylkill tiank, 219. It is not, however, enough that there is a remedy at law ; it must be plain and adequate, or in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity. — Ib. 220.... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional law - 1854 - 674 pages
...that there is a remedy at law ; it must bo plain and adequate, or, in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity.4 § 22. The purpose of the statute, therefore, is, to leave the concurrent jurisdiction of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 688 pages
...alteration whatever in the rules of equity on the subject of leg^al remedy. It is not enough that there is a remedy at law ; it must be plain and adequate, or, in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration as the remedy in equity." (Boyce's ExAr... | |
 | Richard Peters - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 792 pages
...paid by the contract. Boyce's Executors v. Grundy, 3 Peters, 210. 58. It is not enough that there is a remedy at law; it must be plain and adequate, or,...its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity. Ibid. 215. 59. The courts of the United States have jurisdiction over all prizes made in ports, as... | |
 | Richard Peters - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 836 pages
...the contract Boyce's Ex'rs. r. Gmmlij. 3 Peters, 210. 393. It is not enough that there is a remedy ai law; it must be plain and adequate, or, in other words,...practical and as efficient to the ends of justice, and it» prompt administration, as the remedy in equity. Ibid. 394. In order to give jurisdiction to the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 716 pages
...cost of procuring it. As was said in Watson v. Sutherland, supra: "It is not enough that there is a remedy at law. It must be plain and adequate, or, in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration as the remedy in equity." The bill stated... | |
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