Kemp v. Woods

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The powers of a court of equity are limited to the cause of action and issues made by the pleadings .... Under a general prayer for relief, an equity court may not grant relief inconsistent with the pleadings and trial theory and repugnant to the specific prayers for relief.”
• “The powers of a court of equity are limited to the cause of action and issues made by the pleadings . . . . Under a general prayer for relief, an equity court may not 21 grant relief inconsistent with the pleadings and trial theory and repugnant to the specific prayers for relief.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).