Is a court of equity limited in granting relief by the demands and offers of the parties?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Warsaw v. Chicago Metallic Ceilings, Inc., 139 Cal.App.3d 260, 188 Cal.Rptr. 563 (Cal. App. 1983):
Further a court of equity is not limited in granting relief by the demands and offers of the parties themselves, but may fashion a decree which will do justice to all parties. (Redke v. Silvertrust (1971) 6 Cal.3d 94, 98 Cal.Rptr. 293, 490 P.2d 805.)
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