The Learning Out Loud Podcast

EP 7 is live—and we’re walking straight into the machinery of equity. In hour one we unpack two foundational maxims from Murray F. Tuley’s 1903 speech: “Equality is equity” and “Where there are equal equities, the first in order of time must prevail.” From commingled funds and unlawful preferences in Cunningham v. Brown (the Ponzi case), to competing equitable liens in Martin v. National Surety Co., this episode shows why equity courts care about substance over form, notice, and clean hands—and why “special deposit” versus “general fund” can decide everything. Watch/listen now and grab the notes + transcript at https://truelifeproduction.com

In this member episode of Learning Out Loud, Dustin William and Whitestone walk through Equity Maxim Five — He Who Seeks Equity Must Do Equity — and show how the principle operates in real litigation: equity will grant relief only on the condition that corresponding equitable rights are recognized on the other side. Along the way, they connect the maxim to the clean hands doctrine (and its limits), clarify what a court-appointed receiver is (and what a receiver cannot do), and define laches as “delay that works disadvantage,” not mere passage of time. The discussion then anchors the maxim in Supreme Court applications across Brown v. Lake Superior Iron Co. (1890), Manufacturers Finance Co. v. McKee (1935), and Johnson v. Yellow Cab Transit Co. (1944), tracing how equity language becomes increasingly obscured over time—yet the principles remain. Visit truelifeproduction.com to access the full library, transcripts, and interactive show notes.

What does it really mean to come with "clean hands"? In Episode 5 of Learning Out Loud, we crack open one of equity's most powerful maxims — He who comes into equity must come with clean hands — and trace it from its roots in conscience-based courts all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Using primary sources from Pomeroy's Equity Jurisprudence, Murray F. Tully's 1903 address to the Illinois State Bar, and two landmark SCOTUS decisions (Keystone Driller Co. v. General Excavator Co. and Precision Instrument Mfg. v. Automotive Maintenance Machinery), we break down how courts have refused relief to those who acted with fraud, perjury, or bad faith — and why that principle still matters today. We also uncover alarming discrepancies between editions of Story's Commentaries, explore the 1873 Judicature Acts, the 1938 Erie decision, and connect the legal doctrine of clean hands to the biblical concept of iniquity. This is evidence-based research, not opinion — come see the receipts. 🎧 Listen now and follow along with the full transcript and show notes at truelifeproduction.com. Hour 1 is free for everyone — Hour 2 is for members only. Subscribe to support independent, source-driven research and get access to every episode, transcript, and document. Link in bio.

What if equity could reach back through time to make right what was never done? In Episode 4 of Learning Out Loud, we break down the most foundational maxim in equity jurisprudence — "Equity regards that as done which ought to be done" — straight from Pomeroy's Equity Jurisprudence and Murray F. Tully's 1903 address to the bar. We walk through how courts use this principle to enforce intent over technicality, how trust law and vendor-vendee relationships actually operate in equity, and we dig into two Supreme Court cases that bring it all to life: Camp v. Boyd (1913), where equity resolved a DC land dispute spanning 119 years back to George Washington's commissioners, and Willard v. Taylor (1869), where the Court upheld original intent over Civil War-era legal tender. This isn't theory — it's the machinery behind equitable title, the doctrine of conversion, and the equity of redemption. Primary sources. No shortcuts. New episodes dropping now at truelifeproduction.com. The first 10 episodes of The Foundations series are completely free — 20 hours of evidence-based equity research, primary sources, transcripts, and interactive show notes. Listen now, follow the show, and visit truelifeproduction.com for the full law library, resources, and membership access. Share Hour 1 with anyone ready to learn. Seek truth and honor the Creator above all — and let that be the whole of the law.

What happens when the law says one thing but the truth says another? In Episode 3 of Learning Out Loud, Dustin William and Whitestone crack open the second equity maxim from Murray F. Tully's 1903 address to the Illinois bar: "Equity looks to the intent rather than to form." This principle — that courts of equity will pierce through the outer shell of any transaction to reach its real substance — is the reason shell corporations fail, why mortgagers can reclaim their homes even after default, and how the Supreme Court in Gregory v. Helvering (1935) dismantled a six-day tax scheme as "nothing more than a contrivance." From the equity of redemption to Hedges v. Dixon County (1893), this episode walks you through the primary sources, the landmark opinions, and the critical definitions — substance, intent, and form — that separate those who understand the law from those just pushing buttons. If you think legal formalities protect you, this episode will make you think again. The first 10 episodes of The Foundations series are completely free — 20 hours of evidence-based equity research, primary sources, transcripts, and interactive show notes. Listen now, follow the show, and visit truelifeproduction.com for the full law library, resources, and membership access. Share Hour 1 with anyone ready to learn. Seek truth and honor the Creator above all — and let that be the whole of the law.  

"When you go to law, you get the law as it is. When you go into equity, you get justice." In Episode 2 of Learning Out Loud, we break down the most fundamental maxim of equity jurisprudence — agere in personam, equity acts on the person. Drawing directly from Murray F. Tully's 1903 address to the Illinois State Bar Association, Joseph Story's Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, and Pomeroy's Equity Jurisprudence (3rd ed., 1905), we walk through how equity operates on conscience rather than property, the critical distinction between in personam and in rem jurisdiction, and why this thousand-year-old principle still governs how justice is administered today. In Hour 2, we apply the maxim through landmark case law — Massey v. Watts (1810) and Fall v. Easton (1909) — and explore its modern implications, from concurrent jurisdiction to waiver and consent. This is foundations-level research you won't find anywhere else, built source by source. The first 10 episodes of The Foundations series are completely free — 20 hours of evidence-based equity research, primary sources, transcripts, and interactive show notes. Listen now, follow the show, and visit truelifeproduction.com for the full law library, resources, and membership access. Share Hour 1 with anyone ready to learn. Seek truth and honor the Creator above all — and let that be the whole of the law.

Learning Out Loud is a Law, History & everything that’s been Occulted research podcast, hosted by Dustin William and Whitestone, produced by True Life. PRODUCTIONS. Each two-hour episode is built for listeners who want to dig into the primary sources and original documents that shaped the world we live in. The first ten episodes — The Foundations — are completely free, offering twenty hours of structured education in equity jurisprudence, starting with Murray F. Tuley's 1903 address on the twenty maxims of equity. From there, the show ventures into any and every topic under the sun: history, law, philosophy, and whatever else demands a closer look. The first hour of every episode is always free, with the full second hour available to subscribers. Show notes, primary source documents, and additional resources are available at learningoutloudpodcast.systeme.io. If you believe that real education starts with going back to the source, pull up a chair — class is in session.   Visit truelifeproduction.com to find even more original content by True Life. PRODUCTIONS like All Aboard, Article III Articulations, & the Thought Crime Dojo where you can watch the Grammar portion of Dustin Williams research, as it happens.   Seek Truth & Honor the Creator above all, and Let that be the Whole of the Law -