Pefkaros v. Harman

The Chancellor:

The jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery to entertain suits in proper cases to enjoin parties from prosecuting proceedings at law has not been questioned since the historical conflict between Chief Justice Coke and Lord Chancellor Ellesmere in the reign of James I. The fact that the Legislature designed the legal remedy under the forcible entry and detainer statute to be a summary one, is no indication of a legislative intent to exempt that remedy from Chancery’s interference in cases where, according to settled principles, equity is in the exercise of its appropriate…