C. D. Building Corp. v. Griffithes

The bill prays that the judgment of the circuit court be set aside. Such relief cannot be granted. Sands v. Ruddick,87 N.J. Eq. 620; Povey v. Ready, 88 N.J. Eq. 342. In the first of these cases, Mr. Justice Trenchard wrote: "The court of chancery has no power in the strict sense of the term to set aside a judgment at law. In granting relief, it does not interfere with the records of the law court or strike therefrom the judgment. It treats the proceedings at law as valid and grants relief against the consequences thereof because the rights acquired thereunder cannot be retained in good…