Shibley v. Shibley

(dissenting) — A decree in equity for an ascertained and specific amount of money is of no higher dignity than a judgment at law for a sum of money. A decree'for alimony is a debt of record as much, as any other judgment for money. 1 E. C. L. 951.

As we said in In re Van Alstine, 21 Wash. 194, 57 Pac. 348:

“Here is a decree for money, — a decrée analogous to a money judgment at law, which may be enforced by process against property. It differs from a decree for the recovery of something in specie, of which a party has been deprived, and for the loss of which compensation in damages cannot be…