Spitzer v. Barnhill

In this case the question which has given us the greatest concern is whether a chancery court, after having taken jurisdiction of a suit to restrain a tort defendant from denuding himself of Ms property, must then, as a matter of giving complete relief, retain jurisdiction and hear the common-law tort action on its merits.

On April 29, 1963, a collision occurred near Corning, assertedly as a result of drunken driving on the part of the appellee Boy C. Barnhill. The appellant was seriously injured, her husband was killed, and others in the car were also injured. As a result of the accident…