HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The case seems to us in narrow compass, and most of the questions argued at the bar we do not find it necessary to discuss. The first question is of the equity of the bill, which can lie, if at all, only as a bill quia timet. Plainly the plaintiff may not have a decree establishing in this suit her defense at law to an action for services rendered under the contract. At common law there could indeed be no bill...
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