Brittin v. Handy

Appeal from Hempstead Circuit Court in Chancery. lion. Abner A. Stitii, Circuit Judge. The first objection we take to the decree of the court is, that even admitting the relief prayed for by complainant tobe well founded in equity, yet the court, by rendering a decree in favor of the complainant, for the whole of the land in controversy, erred most egregiously. The bill itself merely alleged that the complainant was entitled to an undivided interest with defendant, Brittin, in the land in controversy, after deducting the amount due for the purchase money unpaid therefor, yet the court awarded…