 ... and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court 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...  The Southeastern Reporter - Página 1451904Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1888 - 1024 páginas
...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... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1889 - 768 páginas
...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 against...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... | |
 | District of Columbia. Supreme Court (1863-1936), Franklin Hubbell Mackey - 1890 - 678 páginas
...his moral * * * right to enforce it." Wood on Limitation of Actions, Sec. 60, 121. A court of equity has always refused its aid to stale demands where the party has slept upon his rights fora great length of time. " Nothing can call forth" a court of equity " into activity but conscience,... | |
 | Hampton Lawrence Carson - 1892 - 472 páginas
...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 against...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... | |
 | 1892 - 704 páginas
...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 against...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... | |
 | Jonathan George Norton Darby, Frederick Albert Bosanquet - 1893 - 896 páginas
...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 against...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 - 1893 - 1042 páginas
...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 against...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 - 1893 - 598 páginas
...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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