THE FIFTH, FINAL AND BEST EDITION STILL CITED IN THE HIGHEST APPELLATE COURTS "...[o]ne of the main strengths of Pomeroy is the treatment of the fundamental principles or maxims of equity: that treatment is unrivaled in any modern equity text." --PETER MCDERMOTT, International Trade and Business Law Annual 2 (2):297 "Few modern textbooks are of permanent value. Pomeroy's Equity Jurisprudence is an exception." --ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE in Vanderbilt, Studying Law 27 "As a book of reference, indeed, it will outrank the Restatements... . As an encyclopedia, too, Pomeroy is useful as indicating some of the reaches of our equitable process." --Virginia Law Review 29:507-509 JOHN NORTON POMEROY [1828-1885] was dean and professor of law at New York University School of Law from 1864-1871 and taught municipal law at Hastings College of the Law from 1878-1885. He is the author of several important works in addition to this title, including An Introduction to Municipal Law (1864) and Code Remedies (1876), both of which went through numerous editions. He was highly regarded as a teacher and scholar; several of his books are American legal classics. As a book of reference, indeed, it will outrank the Restatements.... As an encyclopedia, too, Pomeroy is useful as indicating some of the reaches of our equitable process. --Virginia Law Review 29:507-509 Few modern textbooks are of permanent value. Pomeroy's Equity Jurisprudence is an exception. --Albert J. Beveridge in Vanderbilt, Studying Law 27 …[o]ne of the main strengths of Pomeroy is the treatment of the fundamental principles or maxims of equity: that treatment is unrivaled in any modern equity text. --Peter McDermott, International Trade and Business Law Annual 2 (2):297 (1996) JOHN NORTON POMEROY [1828 1885] was dean and professor of law at New York University School of Law from 1864 1871 and taught municipal law at Hastings College of the Law from 1878 1885. He is the author of several important works in addition to this title, including An Introduction to Municipal Law (1864) and Code Remedies (1876), both of which went through numerous editions. He was highly regarded as a teacher and scholar; several of his books are American legal classics.