Evans v. Pettus
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. If the complaint states any cause of action within the jurisdiction of the chancery court, it should have retained jurisdiction and granted complete relief. 87 Ark. 210; 92 Ark. 28; 99 Ark. 438; 75 Ark. 52. The allegations of the complaint make a case for rescission and cancellation of the alleged contract, within the jurisdiction of the chancery court. 96 Ark. 263; 1 Pomeroy’s Eq. Jur.
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Appeal from St. Francis Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. If the complaint states any cause of action within the jurisdiction of the chancery court, it should have retained jurisdiction and granted complete relief. 87 Ark. 210; 92 Ark. 28; 99 Ark. 438; 75 Ark. 52. The allegations of the complaint make a case for rescission and cancellation of the alleged contract, within the jurisdiction of the chancery court. 96 Ark. 263; 1 Pomeroy’s Eq. Jur. (3 ed.), § § 170-2; 4-Pomeroy’s Eq. Jur. (3 ed.), § 1377; 24 Am. & Eng. Enc. of L. (2 ed.) 627-8; 10 N. J. Eq. 146; 114 Fed. 395; 140…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellants, Mary E. Evans and her two children, John Cecil Blanton and Annie Mabel Blanton, the latter being infants, suing by their next friend, the said Mary E. Evans, instituted this action in the chancery court of St. Francis County against appellee, Jennie Lou Pettus, to restrain the latter from using a certain brick wall constituting- a part of a building situated on a lot owned by appellants in Forrest City and requiring appellee to cut loose from said wall, and to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by use of the wall by appellee. It is alleged in the complaint that…
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