'suits in equity shall not "be sustained in either of the courts of the United States, -in any case where a plain, adequate and complete remedy may be had at law," or the constitutional right of parties in actions at law to a trial by a jury. The Federal Reporter - Page 6071904Full view - About this book
| Law - 1909 - 310 pages
...these courts, the rule in question is embodied in section 723 of the Revised Statutes, as follows : " Suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of...adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law." Unquestionably this statute is merely declaratory of a general principle that has always been recognized... | |
| Courts - 1947 - 638 pages
...3, 1911, ch. 231, § 267, 36 Stat. Omitted 1163. Suits in equity shall not be sustained in any court of the United States in any case where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law. Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 268, 36 Stat. T. 28, § 459 1163. The said courts shall have power to impose... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Civil procedure - 1956 - 560 pages
...provided: "Suits in equity, when not sustainable. Suits in equity shall not be sustained in any court of the United States in any case where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law." This provision was a lineal descendant of §16 of the Judiciary Act of 1789. fl2.03. Insofar as §384,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1212 pages
...§ 723) is that "suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United Stales in any case where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law." The objection to ihe validity of this put ont on the ground that it was already covered by the patent... | |
| United States. National Archives and Records Service - Archives - 1959 - 80 pages
...This jurisdiction, as provided in section 16 of the original Judiciary Act of 1789, is not exercised in any case where a "plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law." At the time the Constitution was framed the distinction between law and equity as known in England... | |
| United States. Federal Communications Commission - Communication policy - 1938 - 824 pages
...Judicial Code (28 USCA 384) reads as follows : "Suits in equity shall not be sustained in any court of the United States in any case where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law." In the case of Matthews v. Rodgers, 284 US 521, Mr. Justice Stone, referring to sec. 267 of the Judicial... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1184 pages
..."suits In equity shall not be sustained In either of the courts of the 1 'nited States in any ease where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law," and the bankrupt courts have steadily refused to entertain suits by trustees to recover preferences... | |
| Oliver Peter Field - Law - 1999 - 372 pages
...39 L. Ed. 759 (1895). '28 USC, sec. 384 (1926): "Suits in equity shall not be sustained in any court of the United States in any case where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law." The remedy must be adequate in a federal court. See 37 Yale LJ 378 (1928); 38 id. 122 (1928). On this... | |
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