Hugh v. Higgs

Marshall, Ch. J.,

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 opposite counsel, that, in general, the action does not lie to recover money claimed under the decree of a court of equity, but he supposed that, in this case, the money had…