execution of mandate cannot enlarge decree
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From 34 U.S. 275 - James Boyce's Executors v. Felix Grundy · 1835Most cited · 71 citing opinions
If upon the affirmance no allowance of interest or damages is made, it is equivalent to a denial of any interest or damages; and the circuit court, in carrying into effect the decree of affirmance, cannot enlarge the amount thereby decreed; but is limited to the mere execution of the decree in the terms in which it is expressed.