Hawley v. James
New York Court of Chancery
This was an application to the chancellor for further directions, pursuant to the provisions of the thirteenth section of the decree of the court for the correction of errors in this cause.
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This was an application to the chancellor for further directions, pursuant to the provisions of the thirteenth section of the decree of the court for the correction of errors in this cause. By the last clause of that section of the decree it was declared that the decree of that court should not be deemed a decision upon the title of the trustees to the lands of the testator situate in Illinois, or elsewhere out of the state of New-York; but that upon the record and proceedings being remitted to the court of chancery, or upon any amended or further bill being filed in that court by any party…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
This court has no jurisdiction to make a decree which will directly affect either the legal or equitable title to lands situated in another state. And if the legal title to the lands now in question was in any of the infant parties according to the laws of Illinois, or if those who had the legal title were out of the jurisdiction of this court so that it would be impossible for it to operate upon them personally, to compel them to execute the trust or to convey the legal title according to the decree, I should consider it my duty to dismiss the application, and to refer the *219part…
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