Townsend Trust Co. v. Reynolds

The Chancellor:

The defendants demur because, they say, the complainant has a sufficient remedy at law and when such is the case this court is without jurisdiction to proceed. The language of our statute is—“Provided, that the Chancellor shall not have power to determine any matter wherein sufficient remedy may be had by common law, or Statute, before any other Court, or jurisdiction, of this State,” etc. Revised Code 1915, § 3844.

Moore v. Frame, 3 Har. 427, is cited to sustain the jurisdiction of the law courts in an action upon a lost negotiable note when the loss occurred after the note…