This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1789 Excerpt: ... of London and of the Cinqueports (g). Thefe are neceffarily bounded by the locality either of the fubject of the fuit or of the refidence of the parties litigant. Where thofe circumftances occur which give them jurifdiction, they have.exclufive jurifdiction in matters of equity as well as matters of law; and they have ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1789 Excerpt: ... of London and of the Cinqueports (g). Thefe are neceffarily bounded by the locality either of the fubject of the fuit or of the refidence of the parties litigant. Where thofe circumftances occur which give them jurifdiction, they have.exclufive jurifdiction in matters of equity as well as matters of law; and they have their own peculiar courts of appeal, the court of chancery affuming no jurifdiction of that nature, though it will in fome cafes remove a fuit before the decifion into the chancery by writ of certiorari. When therefore it appears on the face of a bill that another court of equity has (g The court rf ex-any perfon the privilege of chequer, as a court of equi-being fued there. ) tv does-not feem to give to 7i the the proper jurifdi&ion, either immediately or by way of appeal, the defendant may demur to the jurifcHction of the court of chancery. Thus to a bill of appeal and review of a decree in the court of the county palatine of Lancafter the defendant demurred, becaufe On the face of the bill it was apparent that the court of chancery had no jurifdiction; and the demurrer was allowed (7). But demurrers of this kind are very rare; for the want of jtirifdiction can hardly appear upon the face of the bill, at leafi fo conclufively as is neceffary (/') to deprive the chancery, a court of general jurifdiction, of cognizance of the fuit; and a demurrer for want of jurifdiction founded oft locality of the fubjed of the fuit, which alone can exclude the jurifdiction of the chancery in a matter cognizable in a court of equity, has even been treated as informal and improper ( ). This, however, can only be confidered as referring to cafes where circumftances may give the chancery jurifdiction, and not to cafes where no circumftance can have tha...
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