Elliott v. Ray

THE general doctrine is, that an action of debt cannot be sustained on a decree in chancery. Jones v. Bradshaw, Cas. Temp. Talb, 223.—3 P. Wms. 401, note f.—Hugh v. Higgs, 8 Wheat. 697.

An action of debt will not lie on the decree of a Court of ¡chancery in another state, unless the decree have, by the statute of that state, the force and effect of a judgment at law (1).

If the decree have such effect by statute, that fact should be averred and proved; the statutes of other states not being noj ticed here without proof (2).

It is enacted, by a recent statute, that money due by a final decree of…