— a court of equity — " into activity but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence. Where these are wanting, the court is passive, and does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced, and, therefore, from the beginning of this... Atlantic Reporter - Page 2761910Full view - About this book
| Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1889 - 936 pages
...complaint for an unreasonable time, they forfeit their right to equitable relief. "Nothing will call a court of equity into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence. When these are wanting, the court is passive and does nothing." Smith vs. Clay, 3 Bro. CC 639, note.... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 714 pages
...enforce and protect their individual rights and equities, and the general rule is, that nothing can call a court of equity into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence. Ordinarily, if a city has a right to refuse to pay an obligation on account of its illegality a tax-payer... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1940 - 760 pages
...where the party seeking it has slept on his rights, or by long silence has indicated acquiescence. Nothing can call forth a court of equity into activity...conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence. The provision in section 274 (a) which carved out of section 3224, Revised Statutes (enacted March... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1382 pages
...the party had not used reasonable diligence. Boston $• Maine Railroad v. Bartlett, 10 Gray, 384. Nothing can call forth a court of equity into activity...but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence. Where these are wanting, the court is passive and does nothing. Each case is governed by its own circumstances.... | |
| Edmund Henry Turner Snell - Equity - 1872 - 640 pages
...maxims may be viewed as together illustrating the great distinctive and governing principle of equity, that nothing can call forth a court of equity into activity but conscience, good faith, and personal diligence. As an illustration of the maxim, " He who seeks He who seek* equity must do equity,"... | |
| Sir Thomas Wardlaw Taylor - Equity - 1875 - 632 pages
...third persons who had acquired interests in the property during the intervening period. In general, nothing can call forth a court of equity into activity but conscience, good faith. and personal diligence. But where acquiescence is relied on. it must be shown that the person acquiescing... | |
| Appleton Morgan - Contempt of court - 1875 - 840 pages
...or the like plan, until answer or further order." " It has been observed that nothing, in general, can call forth a court of equity into activity but conscience, good faith, and personal diligence, and one of the leading maxims that guides its interference is — vigilantibus... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 612 pages
...assist a person -who has slept upon his rights and shows no excuse for his laches in asserting them. Nothing can call forth a court of equity into activity...but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence ; where these are wanting the court is passive and does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced.... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 858 pages
...806. The facts in this connection to which we have adverted are entitled to grave consideration. " Nothing can call forth " — a court of equity —...conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence. Where these are wanting, the court is passive, and does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced,... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 702 pages
...that the party had not used reasonable diligence. Boston £ Maine Railroad v. Bartlett, 10 Gray, 384. Nothing can call forth a court of equity into activity...but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence. Where these are wanting, the court is passive and does nothing. Each case is governed by its own circumstances.... | |
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