Hyde v. Baker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 359, Jan. T., 1904, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1902, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of Edward S. Hyde v. E. H. Baker, Deborah L. Baker et al. Bill in equity to declare fraudulent certain deeds of conveyance.
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Appeal, No. 359, Jan. T., 1904, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1902, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of Edward S. Hyde v. E. H. Baker, Deborah L. Baker et al. Bill in equity to declare fraudulent certain deeds of conveyance. The bill having set forth certain conveyances executed by E. H. Baker and his wife, in alleged fraud of defendant’s rights as a creditor, concluded with the following prayers : 1. That the said alleged deed from E. H. Baker and Deborah L. Baker, his wife, to George W. Gise, dated April 11, 1901, and recorded in recorder’s office of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
Did the court below have jurisdiction in equity to entertain this bill ? The answer to this question will dispose of this appeal. We do not dispute the general principle relied upon by the appellee that where fraud is alleged equity has concurrent jurisdiction with law. In our state, however, the settled rule has never been departed from that’ equity jurisdiction will not attach where there is a full, complete and adequate remedy at law. Our reports are full of cases in which this principle is involved, but in no instance has it been decided that equity had…
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