Silsbee v. Ingalls
Silsbee v. Ingalls
Opinion of the Court
To bring this case within the equity jurisdiction of. the Court it must appear that here was a “ trust arising in the settlement of an estate ; ” but this is an ordinary case of a debt, for which there was a plain, adequate remedy at law, and would be now, but for the statute of limitations ; and the question is, whether the intervention of the statute bar, by taking away the remedy at law, makes the demand a subject of equity jurisdiction ;
It is likewise alleged, that the defendant, by charging the estate of Edmund Ingalls with this demand, in her administration account, has made herself a trustee for the plaintiff. We have not the account before us ; but if she has fraudulently attempted- to exonerate herself as to this amount, in does not prove that the money is held by her in trust for the plaintiff; but she may be liable on a new account, for the fund, to those entitled to claim it.
Bill dismissed.
The statute of limitations is a good plea in equity, as well as at law. Kane v. Bloodgood, 7 Johns. Ch. R. 90; Bangs v. Hally 2 Pick. (2d ed.) 372, note, and cases cited.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Henry Silsbee versus Huldah Ingalls
- Status
- Published