Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court June 27, 1829 (Gibbens v. Peeler)

Parker C. J.

deVvered the opinion of the Court. The question presented by the pleadings in this case, is whether this Court has, by virtue of any of the statutes conferring upon it jurisdiction in equity, authority to entertain the suit, so as to grant the relief prayed for in the bill.

We are very clear that there is no such authority given by the statute of 1817, c.