What authorities have been cited in support of the "settled rule that when the court of chancery has gained jurisdiction of a cause for one purpose, it may retain it generally for relief"?

It does not seem to me necessary to pursue further the consideration of authorities. The respondent's counsel has cited others in this and the lower courts. In a note to Armstrong v. Gilchrist, supra, will be found reference to other early cases in this state and in the United States supreme court in support of the settled rule that when the court of chancery has gained jurisdiction of a cause for one purpose, it may retain it generally for relief. Underlying the system upon which courts of equity have practiced their powers, as I understand it, is the principle that when they have gained jurisdiction of a cause by reason of the infirmity of the courts of law to entertain it, or to give full relief, they will retain their control of the cause generally, and settle up the whole matter between the parties. I have discussed the question here at considerable length, in order that a rule, long settled by careful judicial utterances, and in itself reasonable and commendable as promoting the public convenience in the disposition of litigated causes, might not, at this day, be shaken by doubts. The