Equitable Relief: One seeking Equity MUST do Equity

How about this longstanding maxim: “One maxim of equity is that a litigant going into equity must go with clean hands, and another is that he who seeks equity must do equity.” Davis v. Verandah at Lake Grady Homeowners Association, Inc., 48 Fla.L.Weekly D142a (Fla. 2d DCA 2022) quoting Engebretsen v. Engebretsen, 11 So.2d 322, 329 (Fla. 1942). When you read it, it is hard to disagree with it, right? It just makes sense. In Davis, the 2007 plat for a subdivision was recorded by a developer. The developer subsequently advertised its subdivision as a deed-restricted community. The plaintiffs were interested...