Clements v. MacHeboeuf
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Colorado.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Equity exercises jurisdiction in cases of accident, mistake, or fraud, where tbe party has not a plain, adequate, and complete remedy at law. Where the remedy at law is plain, equity will not interfere if the remedy is also adequate and complete; but, if the remedy at law is doubtful, the court of equity will retain the case, and, if the proofs are satisfactory, will grant relief.
Jurisdiction to a partial extent may exist at law; but, if the remedy there is not adequate, —that is, if the party cannot attain at law the full justice of the case, — be may, if be sees fit, pursue bis remedy in…
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