Durr Drug Co. v. Acree

FOSTER, Justice.

The primary question in this case is whether the complainant, Durr Drug Company, has come into a court of equity with clean hands. It is the appellant here, and the trial court held that it had no standing in court because of said maxim.

The theory is that it is in the same attitude in this respect as Gertrude A. Tucker who mortgaged the land to it, and is therefore in privity with her, since it is not claiming any rights superior to hers.

The controversy so far as here material is between appellant and Reconstruction Finance Corporation to determine which of them may exercise…