Page v. United States

The well-known maxim that he who comes into equity must come with clean hands, or, as it is sometimes expressed, that he who has done iniquity shall not have equity, is peculiarly applicable to this case. As is said in 21 C. J. sec. 163, p. 182:

This maxim expresses rather a principle of inaction than one of action. It means that equity refuses to lend its aid in any manner to one seeking its active interposition, who has been guilty of unlawful or inequitable conduct in the matter with relation to which he seeks relief.

The facts stated in the findings show that the plaintiff was guilty of…