Legal Opinion
Manchester Dairy System, Inc. v. Hayward
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided January 5, 1926PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1. The defendant's motion to dismiss challenges the power of the court to grant equitable relief. Jurisdiction over the subject matter of a controversy cannot be created or conferred by the agreement of the parties. Robinson v. Potter, 43 N.H. 185, 191; Batchelder v. Currier, 45 N.H. 460,464; Burgess v. Burgess, 71 N.H. 293; Mansfield v. Holton, 74 N.H. 417,421; Baker v. Varney, 129 Cal. 564, 565, 566; Board c. v. Company,68 N.J. Eq. 500; Minnesota v. Northern Securities Co., 194 U.S. 48, 62; Page on Contracts, s. 724. Therefore authority, if any here, is to be found, not in the express…
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