Colby v. Lawson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
This was a suit in chancery, determined in the Pulaski Circuit Court in July, 1843, before the Hon. John J. Clendenin, one of the circuit judges. Colby, against whom the decree was rendered, brought the case into court, by writ of error, under the provisions of the act of Assembly of January 5, 1843, extending writs of error to suits in equity. On motion by defendant in error to dismiss the writ:
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sebastian J.
A motion has been made by the defendant to dismiss the writ of error. This presents the question for our determination, whether a writ of error will lie from this court to’ the final judgments and decrees of the circuit court sitting as a court of chancery. By the act of January 5th, 1843, (see pamphlet 45,) it was enacted “that from and after the passage of this act, writs of error may be prosecuted to any final judgment or decree of the court of chancery in this State, in like manner and under the same rules and regulations as now are or may hereafter be made…
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