Equities of plaintiff

If a plaintiff or petitioner claims to be entitled to any equitable estate or right, or to relief on any equitable ground against any deed, instrument or contract, or against any right, title or claim whatever asserted by any defendant or respondent in the cause or matter, or to any relief founded upon a legal right, which formerly could only have been given by a court of equity, the Court or judge shall give to the plaintiff or petitioner the same relief as may now be given by the High Court of Justice in England in a suit or proceeding for the like purpose properly instituted.