Whittenton Manuf'g Co. v. Memphis & Ohio River Packet Co.

In whatever form the subject has presented itself,— whether as a matter of jurisdiction, pleading, or practice, as to methods of relief, defenses, review, or what not,—the supreme and inferior federal courts have, with inexorable firmness, insisted upon preserving the essential distinctions between law and equity by administering them separately, as required by the constitution and laws of the United States. The cases are far too numerous for citation here, hut will he gathered in a foot-note for consultation in support of this opinion. They commence with the organization of the courts, and…