Stephens v. Forsyth
Cases that cite this one
2 later published cases cite this decision.
- Commonwealth ex rel. Messing v. Messing (Pa. Super. Ct. 1961)
- Rodney v. Drane (W. Va. 1939)
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Opinion of the Court
— 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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