HUGH v. HIGGS


21 U.S. 697 (____)

8 Wheat. 697

HUGH, Plaintiff in Error, v. HIGGS and Wife, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This cause was argued by Mr. Key, for the plaintiff in error,a and by Mr. Jones, for the defendants in error.


Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action on the case, brought to recover the money which the plaintiff in error had been decreed by a Court of Chancery to pay to the defendants in error. The defendant in the Court below contended, that an action at common law did not lie on a decree in Chancery, and excepted to the opinion of that Court, overruling this objection. It is admitted by the...

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