 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 1024 pages
...whether there is a demurrer or formal plea of the statute of limitations contained in the answer." "A court of equity, which is never active in relief against conscience or public convenience," said Lord Camden, in a celebrated case, " has always refused its aid to stale demands, where the party... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 1240 pages
...1 Pom. Eq. Jur. § 418. The rule is well stated by Lord CAMDEN in Smith v. Clay, 3 Brown, Ch. 639: "A court of equity, which is never active in relief...demands where the party has slept upon his rights, and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience,... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - Railroad law - 1889 - 768 pages
...by Justice Harlan, in Hayward v, Eliot Nat. Bank, 96 US (6 Otto) 611 ; bk. 21, L. ed. 855, 858, that "A court of equity, which Is never active in relief...convenience has always refused its aid to stale demands, when the party has slept upon his right and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call... | |
 | Probate law and practice - 1892 - 704 pages
...been clearly stated by Lord CAMPEN in Smith v. Clay, 3 Brown, Ch. 639, Amb. 645, in these words ' That a court of equity, which is never active in relief...demands where the party has slept upon his rights for a great length of time. Nothing can call this court into activity but conscience, good faith, and... | |
 | Hampton Lawrence Carson - Judges - 1892 - 472 pages
...variety of topics discussed, we find the doctrine laid down by Lord Camden examined and confirmed : that a court of equity, which is never active in relief...demands, where the party has slept upon his rights for a great length of time. Nothing but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence can call the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1128 pages
...unanimous approval by coures and text-writers: "A court of equity, which is never active in relief agaiuet conscience or public convenience, has always refused its aid to stale demands, where the party slept upon his rights and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can- call forth i in- court... | |
 | Jonathan George Norton Darby, Frederick Albert Bosanquet - Limitation of actions - 1893 - 896 pages
...These principles cannot, perhaps, be generally stated better than in the words of Lord Cainden (1) : " A Court of Equity, which is never active in relief...stale demands, where the party has slept upon his right and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this Court into activity but... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1042 pages
...Smith v. Clay, 3 Brown Ch. 640, note, Lord Camden, delivering the opinion of the court, truly said: "A court of equity, which is never active in relief...stale demands, where the party has slept upon his right, and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but... | |
 | Horace Gay Wood - Limitation of actions - 1893 - 598 pages
...right.1 SEC. 214. Stale Trusts not favored in Equity. — "A court of equity," says LORO CAMDEX, " which is never active in relief against conscience...demands, where the party has slept upon his rights. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but good conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence.... | |
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... and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence. 
