Stephens v. Forsyth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Stephens v. Forsyth, 14 Pa. 67 (Pa. 1850)
1850 Pa. LEXIS 163

Stephens v. Forsyth

Opinion of the Court

— Per curiam.

— A decree in equity produces its effect by controlling the course of the person, not by controlling a court of law, or any part of its machinery. A party may proceed at law, in the face of an injunction, and the court of law will adjudicate, if he will brave the consequences of the contempt. A court of chancery affects no superiority over any court of law whatever, or its officers; and pretends not to review their proceedings : so that the court, from which process has issued, is the only one to which the sheriff is answerable for the execution of it.

Decree affirmed.

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Stephens versus Forsyth
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