Blaine v. Krysowaty
New Jersey Court of Chancery
1Opinion of the Court
"He who doth fraud may not borrow the hands of the Chancellor to draw equity from a fountain his own hath polluted." It is a maxim of equity that he who comes into a court of equity must enter with clean hands, and in the ordinary application of that maxim a court of equity denies its remedies to a complainant who has been guilty of bad faith, fraud or unconscionable acts in the transaction which constitutes the basis of his suit. Baldwin v.Campfield, 8 N.J. Eq. 891; Servis v. Nelson, 14 N.J. Eq. 94;Cutler v. Tuttle, 19 N.J. Eq. 549; Eyre v. Eyre, 19 N.J. Eq. 42; Johns v. Norris, 22 N.J. Eq.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Bankers Trust Co. v. Bank of Rockville Center Trust Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1933
- Brooks v. CooperSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
- Pendleton v. GondolfNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1915
- Gluck v. Rynda Development Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
- Hildebrand v. WilligNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1903
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