Gould v. Sternburg

Citations

• 105 Ill. 488
• 1883 Ill. LEXIS 111

Syllabus

<p>1. Chancery jurisdiction—to remove cloud from title. There are only two cases, under the laws of this State, in which a party may file a bill to quiet title or remove a cloud from the title to real- property: First, when he is in possession of the lands; and second, when he claims to be the owner, and the lands in controversy are unimproved and unoccupied.</p> <p>2. Where the defendants are in the actual possession of land, though acquired by force and violence, a court of equity will not undertake to determine the validity of the respective titles of the parties, but will leave the complainant to his remedy at law. The rule is of general application, that where there is a plain and adequate remedy at law a court of equity will not interfere.</p>