Hee Fat v. Chang Chip

Citations

• 25 Haw. 623
• 1920 Haw. LEXIS 14

Syllabus

<p>Courts — jurisdiction in equity matters.</p> <p>Under section 2472 R. L. 1915 the several circuit courts throughout the Territory possess jurisdiction of matters where relief in equity is prayed for without regard .to where the rem is located or where in the Territory the parties may reside.</p> <p>Same — same.</p> <p>But a complainant in equity does not enjoy as a matter of of right a roving commission to institute and maintain his suit in any of the circuit courts which he may choose.</p> <p>Same — same.</p> <p>Where concurrent jurisdiction in equity cases is reposed in several courts whether that jurisdiction will be exercised or declined by one of such courts rests largely in the discretion of the judge and depends upon the circumstances of each case.</p> <p>Same — same.</p> <p>The attempt of the petitioner in the present case to draw the respondents away from the jurisdiction where all the parties reside was properly held by the judge of the court below to be inequitable and unjust.</p>