Bradford v. Marvin

Baltzell, Justice:

This case is brought here by writ of error, and a motion is made to dismiss it on the ground that a case in Chancery may be brought to this Court by Appeal only.

By the common law, a suit at law, after judgment, may be removed by writ of error only to this Court, whilst by the practice in cases in Chancery obtaining according to the course of the civil law, an Appeal is the appropriate remedy for removing a suit in Chancery after Decree. Ward vs. Gregory, 7 Peters, 453. The statute law has so far made an alteration as to allow Appeals in common law cases, but we are not aware…