 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1894 - 722 pages
...as well as upon general principles, this court is of opinion that, in a case of fraud, or trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery...found, although lands not within the jurisdiction of the court may be affected by the decree." I presume no one will deny that, when defendants are properly... | |
 | Cherokee Nation, Richard Peters - 1831 - 332 pages
...vs. Watts, 6 Cranch, 157; when this general rule is laid down, that in a case of fraud of trust or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery is sustainable, wherever the person may be found, although lands not within the jurisdiction of the court may be affected by the decree.... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), Charles Sumner - 1836 - 634 pages
...jurisdiction." And he afterwards added : " This Court is of opinion, that in a case of fraud, of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a Court of Chancery...jurisdiction of that Court, may be affected by the decree." Now, the present case falls precisely within one of the cases here stated. It is a case of asserted... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Chancery - 1848 - 732 pages
...constructive fraud ; Chief Justice Marshall lays down the principle, that in a case of fraud, of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery...jurisdiction of that court may be affected by the decree. The Chancellor recognizes this principle in Mead v. Merritt, (2 Paige, 402,) and Mitchell v. Bunch,... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1849 - 814 pages
...the -Supreme Court of the United States, (Ch. J. Mai-shall,) Bays: " In a case of fraud, of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of Chancery...found, although lands not within the jurisdiction may be affected by the decree." Mussie v. IVutts, 6 Cranch. 160. It cannot be pretended that, our courts... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County) - 1853 - 612 pages
...purchase-money. — Dalzell v. Crawford, 49. In cases of trust or contract, a Court of Equity has jurisdiction wherever the person be found, although lands not within the jurisdiction of the Court may be affected by the decree ; and the inquiry in such cases generally is, whether it is... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1854 - 600 pages
...as well as upon general principles, this court is of opinion that, in a case of fraud of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery...jurisdiction of that court may be affected by the decree." In another part of the opinion he says, " Was this, therefore, to be considered as involving a naked question... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 pages
...as well as upon general principles, this court is of opinion that, in a case of fraud, of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery is sustainable wherever the person may be found, although lands not within the jurisdiction of that court may be affected by the decree.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1864 - 754 pages
...as well as upon general principles, this court is of opinion that, in a case of fraud, of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery...jurisdiction of that court may be affected by the decree. The inquiry, therefore, will be, whether this be an unmixed question of title, or a case of fraud,... | |
 | Frederick Thomas White, Owen Davies Tudor - 1859 - 760 pages
...as well as upon general principles, this court is of opinion, that, in a case of fraud, of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery...although lands not within the jurisdiction of that court maybe affected by the decree." The principles thus laid down, apply with the same force when the equitable... | |
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Upon the authority of these cases, and of others which are to be found in the books, as well as upon general principles, this court is of opinion that, in a case of fraud, of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery is sustainable... 
