Legal Opinion

Davis v. Ridgely

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 21, 1802PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Upon a writ of error to reverse a decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery county.

1Opinion of the Court

*179Tbe three first errors assigned seem, to the court to be removed by the consent of the parties, as expressed in the record. As to the fourth error, although a court of equity will in some particular cases and for special reasons interfere where the defense is purely at law, in this case the complainant (from his own showing in his bill) and his agent have been negligent, his defense was purely at law, and the case as stated in the bill is not such a one as a court of equity ought to interfere in. The principles which governed this court at the last term, in the case of Harrison and Jackson,…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Cavitt v. McCriteWashington Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Holdredge v. McCombsCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1899
  3. Johnson v. NelsonWashington Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Barr v. CombsOregon Supreme Court · 1896

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