...provide that "suits In equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United States iu any case 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...

...and give it effect." The federal judiciary act provides that suits in equity shall not be maintained where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law; but in the cases lust cited it is held that this statute is merely directory, and that it made nt>...

...US 340 ; Dietzsch v. Huidekooper, 103 US 494. II. Section 16 of the act of 1789 (Rev. Stat. § 723) provides that "suits in equity shall not be sustained...adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law." In Baker v. Biddle, 1 Baldwin, 405, this was held to be an absolute limitation on the jurisdiction,...

...at common law, and which, by express statute, declares that suits in equity shall not be sustained in any case where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law, as has always heretofore been considered the case in cases of libel and slander, we do not think that...

...Statutes, because the word " case" in that section is to be interpreted specifically and not generically. " Suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of...adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law."' This statute regards an action in equity to restrain infringement of a patent, as a case for an injunction,...

...section 16 of the judiciary act of 1789 it was declared that " Suits in equity shall not be sustainable in either of the courts of the United States in any...plain, adequate and complete remedy may be had at law." The same provision is re-enacted in section 723 of the Eevised Statutes. Therefore, to sustain the...

...incorporated in the Revised Statutes as — SEC. 723. Suits in equity shall not be sustained in cither of the Courts of the United States, in any case where...plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law. The power to enjoin is now firmly settled, as to questions of taxation and interference with commerce,...

...proceedings in th'e federal courts, so as to do away with the force of the law of Congress declaring that "suits in equity shall not be sustained in either...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 State, it is true,...

...Adequate Remedy at Law. — By § 723 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, suits in equity will not be sustained in either of the courts of the United...plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law. This section of the statute is merely declaratory, and made no change in the pre-existing law. It serves...

...jurisdiction of federal courts In that State, so as to give them jurisdiction over a suit in equity in a case where a plain, adequate and complete remedy may be had at law. Holland v. Challen, 110 US 15, explained and distinguished from this case. THIS was a suit in equity...