Darst v. Kirk’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““There is, however another class of cases, involving matters of contract and the like, which, while they do not come within the ordinary jurisdiction of a court of equity, yet only want some equitable element to bring them within such jurisdiction, and in such cases the defendant by his action may estop himself to afterward raise the question of jurisdiction in the trial or upon appeal.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 236 Ill. App. 187 - Horn v. J. O. Nessen Lumber Co.