Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Co. v. Jones

Citations

• 30 Pa. Super. 358
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 74

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Jurisdiction—Ejectment bill — Title to land.</p> <p>A court of equity has ho jurisdiction over a bill which involves the title to real estate, and the determination of which requires the construction of legal conveyances formally and solemnly executed as muniments of title, the ascertainment from contradictory testimony of the facts as to notice and possession, and the application of proper legal principles to them. In such a case either party has the constitutional right to have his cause tried before a jury in an action of trespass or ejectment, and may not be deprived of it. Averments in the bill as to multiplicity of actions and irreparable injury are no basis for jurisdiction of equity, if the evidence in support of such averments fail.</p>