Case Name: Joseph Duncan, Appellant, v. Ingles and Burr, Appellees
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1828-12
Citations: 1 Breese 277
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Duncan, Appellant, v. Ingles and Burr, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 277–277

Head Matter:
Joseph Duncan, Appellant, v. Ingles and Burr, Appellees.
APPEAL FROM JACKSON.
If a defendant in a suit at law can not prove his defense, he should file a bill for a discovery, and if he has a legal defense and neglects to make it, equity will not relieve.
Blackwell, for appellant.
Cowles, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court by
Justice Lockwood.
This was a bill in chancery, filed by the complainant, to perpetually'enjoin a judgment obtained in the Jackson circuit court, in favor of the defendants, against the complainant. The bill states that the recovery was had on a judgment obtained in the state of Kentucky. The court, after a careful perusal of the bill, are clearly of opinion that the bill discloses no ground for the interference of a court of equity. If the complainant could not prove his defense, it was his duty to have filed a bill of discovery when the suit in Kentucky was pending against him. The law is well settled, if a party has a legal defense to a suit at law, and neglects to make it at the proper time, he is precluded from seeking relief in equity. Judgment affirmed with costs, ,
Judgment affirmed.
Vide Hubbard v. Hobson, ante, 190. Crow's executors v. Prevo, ante, 216.
See note to More et al. v. Bagley et al., ante, p. 94.