Briggs v. Shaw

Supreme Court of Vermont
Briggs v. Shaw, 15 Vt. 785 (Vt. 1843)

Briggs v. Shaw

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

This court have now no chancery powers whatever, strictly speaking. In hearing this appeal we sit as a court of error merely, to examine into errors both of fact and of law, but not to re-examine any matter resting in the discretion of the chancellor. The sending an issue to be tried by the jury, is a matter of that character purely ; and, although common, both in England, and in many of these states, has- not, to our knowledge, been practiced in this state. Motion overruled.

Reference

Full Case Name
William P. Briggs v. Henry Shaw
Status
Published