MacKay v. Smith

Citations

• 27 Wash. 442
• 67 P. 982
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 410

Syllabus

<p>EQUITY-BELIEF AGAINST MISTAKE OF LAW.</p> <p>Equity will relieve against a mistake of law, where the legal principle is confessedly' doubtful and. one about which ignorance may well be supposed, to exist, or where the adverse party seeks to gain, without consideration, an unconscionable advantage through the opportunities afforded him by the mistake, and the other party is innocent of blame.</p> <p>SAME-EQUITABLE RELIEF UNDER GENERAL PRAYER.</p> <p>Where a complaint states the facts in a case and prays for general as well as particular relief, relief may be granted under the general prayer consistent with the equities of the case, although the prayer for special relief may be defective.</p>