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4. Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure.
Professor Lile.
The study of Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure is taken up immediately
upon the completion of the course on the law of Corporations, to which it is
designed to be supplementary. After consideration of the origin and rise of the
chancery jurisdiction, the student is lead carefully through the usual subjects of
equitable cognizance, and thence into the methods of procedure, as recognized in
the High Court of Chancery in England, and as modified by statute or by rules of
court in America. In the study of equity jurisprudence, the contrast between
legal and equitable principles is constantly adverted to, and the student is incited
to the appreciation and cultivation of the fine sense of moral right underlying
the doctrines of technical equity. The procedure in the Federal courts of chancery
and in the chancery courts of Virginia (where the distinction between legal and
equitable procedure is still maintained) is made the basis of instruction. Practical
work is required in draughting the various forms and pleadings, from the subpœna
to the final decree.—February 1 to June 10—Twice a week.
Text-Books.—Bispham's Principles of Equity.
Text-book on Equity Practice: (to be announced).
The Professor's Notes.
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