Furr v. Jordan

1. The court of ordinary has original and exclusive jurisdiction, in the first instance, of the probate of wills; and a court of equity in the exercise of its equity powers has no jurisdiction to enjoin the custodian of an alleged will from offering it for probate, or for any reason to decree cancellation of an alleged will on which no action has been taken by the court of ordinary.(a) The rule that equity seeks to do complete justice will not bring into equitable jurisdiction matters of which another court has exclusive jurisdiction.(b) Under the allegations of the petition, in which the…