Guffey v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. To warrant the granting of any of the relief sought, the complainants must not only come into court with “clean hands,” but it must clearly appear that the contract upon which they base their demand for relief is one which a court of equity will enforce.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. To warrant the granting of any of the relief sought, the complainants must not only come into court with “clean hands,” but it must clearly appear that the contract upon which they base their demand for relief is one which a court of equity will enforce. They must recover, if at all, upon the strength of their own title and upon the merits of their own cause; Michigan Pipe Co. v. Fremont Pipe Co., 111 Fed. Rep. 284; Jackson v. Ashton, 11 Peters, 229; Pope Mfg. Co. v. Gormully, 144 U. S.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was a suit in equity brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Illinois by the holders of an oil and gas lease covering a small tract of land in Crawford County, Illinois, to enjoin operations under a later and similar lease and to obtain a discovery and an accounting in respect of the oil and gas produced and sold in' the course of operations already had. In due course the case was referred to a master who took the evidence, reported the same with his conclusions upon questions of fact and law and recommended a decree awarding the relief prayed, but…
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