Chambers v. Chambers
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Barbour Chancery Court. Heard, before tlie Hon: Jebe N. Williams. 1. There can be no trust in case' of trespass or larceny, as charged, and the Chancery Court has no jurisdiction in such cases. — Doyle v. Murphy, 74 Am.
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Appeal from Barbour Chancery Court. Heard, before tlie Hon: Jebe N. Williams. 1. There can be no trust in case' of trespass or larceny, as charged, and the Chancery Court has no jurisdiction in such cases. — Doyle v. Murphy, 74 Am. Dec. 165 (Decisive of this case); Weer v. Grand, 88 Ill. 490; Steele v. Ciarle, 77 Ill. 471. 2. The fact that there maybe no successful remedy at law adequate to recover the money and effects belonging to the estate in the possession of the defendants, by reason of their insolvency, is not of itself a ground of equitable interference. The remedy alone is to be…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
This bill is exhibited by J. W. Chambers and W. H. Chambers, as the administrators of the estate of Isaac H. Chambers, deceased, against George H. Chambers, Mary A. Chambers and Malinda Chambers, who are, as are also the complainants, heirs at law and children of the intestate. The case made by its averments, is this : Isaac H. Chambers, during his last illness, had at his .residence, but in a different room from' that in which he lay, a fire-proof comlfination lock safe, in' which he kept a considerable sum of money — about four thousand dollars — some account books, and dioses in action, a…
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