Law 6842 - Fall 2008
REMEDIES
Professor Vernellia R. Randall
The University of Dayton School of Law

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Equitable Jurisdiction - A Chart

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Syllabus
Unit 01: Introduction x
Unit 02: Damages x
Unit 03: Equitable x
Unit 04: Restitution x
Unit 05: Other Concepts x
Unit 06: Closure x
Lesson Outline

 

Jurisdiction 
of Court

Power to Provide Equitable Relief i.e.

Specific Performance

Vendor (Seller)

Buyer

Land

yes

yes

yes

Decreed

yes

yes

another state

Decreed by ordering Seller to convey Land

 

another state

yes

yes

Equity acting only in personam is powerless to give relief;

if equity is given jurisdiction in rem by statute then it can decreed title in Buyer on Buyer’s paying into court for Seller’ the purchase price.

Yes

another state

Yes

Equity, acting only in personam, is powerless to give relief;

if equity is given jurisdiction in rem by statute then it can foreclose Buyer’s equitable interest in the land and quiet title in Seller, but may render no judgment against absent Buyer.
 

   

               

 
 
 
 
 
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