Patton v. Hardison

This suit may, we think, be aptly characterized as an action of detinue in the chancery court, which action that court may entertain by virtue of its enlarged statutory jurisdiction. Code, sections 8566 and 10377; Gibson’s Suits in Chancery (2 Ed.), section 28, subsees. 16 and 17.

It also partakes of the nature of a suit to compel the trustee of an express trust to account for and deliver to those entitled certain trust property that is or should be in his possession; and, in the latter aspect, it falls within the inherent jurisdiction of a court of equity. Gibson’s suits in Chancery (2 Ed.),…