Ex Parte Deickman

It is essential to pass upon the following questions: (.1) Was the decree of the disti-ict court, commanding petitioner to procure a deed from a third person, not a party to the proceeding, and deliver same to plaintiff, in excess of the power of said court, although it had jurisdiction, of both the person and the subject-matter of the action? (2) Has this court jurisdiction of this proceeding?'

It was formerly the practice of the English Courts of Chancery to grant decrees for the specific performance of contracts for the conveyance of land, entered into by husbands without the concurrence of…