Tongue v. Morton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dorset, J.

This court, in reversing the decree of thé chancellor, so far from feeling a disposition to interfere with the acknowledged jurisdiction of ihe court of chancery. Wish to preserve it unimpaired. And in this case they think there is no authority to warrant his decision,'and that the principle involved in it, would in pi-actice not only be inconvenient, but subversive of the established modes of deciding the rights of property.

That a decree in equity for the sale of lands, to pay debts or legacies, or for the purpose of distributing the…