This  wide  application  of  the  doctrine  is  one  element  of  the  im-
portance of  this  branch  of  equity  jurisprudence.     "  There  is  no

1  See  chapter  on  Partnership  Liens.  *  Eqnitabla  liens  anting  from  the  eqni-

1  See   chapteta  on    these   subjects    is  table  circn instance*  of  the  caw  ere  nn-

Vol.  n.  known  to  the  jurisprudence  of  Peanayl-

8  Feck  n.  Jenoess,  7  How.  613,  630,  per  vania.     Cross's  Appeal,  97  Pa.  St  471  ;

Grier,  J. ;  Donald  c.  Hewitt,  33  Ala.  634,  Hepburn  v.  Snyder,  3  Pa,  St.  73.
73  Am.  Dec.  431.  >  Brnnsdon  ».  AUarci,  2  E.  &  E.  19,  IT.
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doctrine,"  says  Mr.  Pomeroy,1  "  which  more  strikingly  shows  the
difference  between  the  legal  and  the  equitable  conceptions  of  the
juridical  results  which  flow  from  the  dealings  of  men  with  each'
other  from  their  express  or  implied  undertakings."

Equitable  liens  have  commonly  been  regarded  as  having  their
origin  in  trusts.  Perhaps  they  are  better  described  as  analo-
gous to  trusts.  Remedies  at  law  are  for  the  recovery  of  money.
