Equity Principles: A Practical Treatise on the Principal Rules and Doctrines of Equity Jurisprudence

MarolIaU lEqmtg (UnUcrtton mt of IE. ai. MaraliaU. 2i-E- ^- 1394 The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. EQUITY PRINCIPLES A PRACTICAL TREATISE PRINCIPAL RULES AND DOCTRINES OF EQUITY JURISPRUDENCE Intended Especially for Use in the State of West Virginia AND APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER STATES WHERE THE CHANCERY SYSTEM OBTAINS BY CHARLES E. HOGG Author of "Hogg's Pleading and Forms" THE W. H. ANDERSON CO. I,AW BOOK PUBLISHERS CINCINNATI, O. Ei.T>Htl Copyright, 1900, By Thb Robert Ci,arke Company. PREFACE. The object of this treatise is to present a condensed and comprehensive view of the general principles underlying the jurisdiction of equity as recognized by the current of judicial opinion and approved text-writers, giving preference in the citation of cases to the decisions of the Supreme Courts of West Virginia and Virginia, not ignoring, however, the adjudications of any other courts in matters wherein their practical application could be made available; and in many instances the use of the latter has been exclusive, and especially is this so in the statement of any rule or principle as to which the courts of the former states have not been called upon to announce a precedent. This work is not designed to afford any logical discussion or consider…