Warner v. Hastings

Citations

• 183 Pa. 324
• 38 A. 720
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 760

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Contract for plans for state capítol — Architects—Equity—Discretion.</p> <p>A court of equity has no jurisdiction to control the exercise of the discretion of the commissioners appointed under the Act of April 14, 1897, P. L. 19, to erect a state capitol, where there is no allegation that the commissioners were acting in violation of the law which created their authority.</p> <p>On a bill in equity for an injunction to compel the commissioners appointed under the act of April 14, 1897, to award the first prize to an architect whose plans had been recommended by a board of experts appointed by the commissioners, an allegation that the commissioners had allowed complainant’s design to be photographed and published, whereby he lost the advantage of his skill and labor, will not prevent the court from dismissing the bill for want of equity, inasmuch as the complainant has an adequate remedy at law for the injury caused by the wrongful use of his plans.</p> <p>Doubted whether a court of equity may order service on defendants outside the county where service has been accepted by one defendant in the county.</p>