Section 22 He Who Seeks Equity Must Do Equity

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“A court of equity being a court of conscience and being able to render a conditional decree, can and does insist that if a party, either plaintiff or defendant, wants the assistance of a court of equity, he must do what good conscience demands in the particular case.” George L. Clark, Equity-Missouri Edition § 29 (1920). Enforcement of this maxim is not dependent on the pleadings filed by the parties, but rather is applied in the granting of the relief sought upon just and proper conditions. Sebree v....