Opinion ID: 1659230
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Heading: Seeking Money Judgment

Text: In assignments 4-6 (complaining of overruling of demurrers) Tiger contends that a money judgment at law would give McMurtry all the relief he is estitled to, assuming he proves his case. We are cited to Merchants' National Bank of Mobile v. Roche, 227 Ala. 639, 151 So. 591, and Lee v. Gaines, 244 Ala. 664, 15 So.2d 330, in support of the proposition that courts of equity will not assume jurisdiction where the only relief sought is the recovery of a money judgment. While this may be a correct statement of that principle of law, a reading of the bill of complaint discloses that it not only seeks a money judgment, but other equitable relief (i. e., rescission of the contract of sale, cancellation of the note and mortgage and refund of the purchase price). A court of equity will grant full relief when it has jurisdiction on any equitable ground to grant relief. Owens v. Owens, 281 Ala. 239, 201 So.2d 396; Coleman v. Estes, 281 Ala. 234, 201 So.2d 391; Winslett v. Rice, 272 Ala. 25, 128 So.2d 94. Consequently, we find no merit in assignments of error 4, 5 and 6.