And,  where  a  legal  title  may  be  enforced  in  a  Coutt  of  ordi-
nary jurisdiction,  to  the  prejudice  of  an  equitable  title.  Courts
of  Equity  will  refuse  assistance  to  the  legal  title  against  the
equitable  title,  when  the  rights  are  in  conscience  equal.*     On

Peters,  E.  177 ;  Payne  v.  Gompton,  2  Young^  &  Coll.  457 ;  see  Ante,  §  64  c,
410,  434,  630,  631.
1  Mitford,  Eq.'Pl.  by  Jeremy,  199  ;  Story  on  Eq.  Plead.  §  603,  604,  604  a,
805  ;  Ante,  §  64  c  and  note.
2  Langton  «*IIorton,  1'  Hare,  R.  547,  563  ;  Doe,  dim.;  Coleman  v.  Britain,
2'  B.  &  Aid.  93 ;  Skeeles  v.  Shearly,  8  Sim.  R.  153  ;  S.  C.  3  Mylne  &  Cr.  112 ;
Story  on  Eq.  PI.  §  807  a.
3  Jerrard  v.  Saunders,  2  Ves.  jr.  458 ;  Wood  v.  Mann,  1  Sumner,  R.  507  to
509.
4  Mitford,  Eq.  PI.  by  Jeremy,  ia9,  200;  Wortley  v.  Birkliead,  2  Ves.  573,
574;  Ante,  §  415. — See  on  this  point.  Ante,  §  57  a,  p.  75,  76,  and  note  (2),
§  410,  note  (1),  436,  630,  631,  note  (2).    The  only  recognized  exceptions  are

73*


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