Knapp v. Snyder
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Greenbrier, rendered on the 20th day of June, 1877, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein G. Knapp was plaintiff and John Snyder and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Knapp. Hon; Homer A. Holt, judge of the eighth judicial circuit rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Greenbrier, rendered on the 20th day of June, 1877, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein G. Knapp was plaintiff and John Snyder and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Knapp. Hon; Homer A. Holt, judge of the eighth judicial circuit rendered the decree appealed from. Johnson, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Greenbrier county dissolving an injuntion and dismissing the plaintiff’s bill. The bill was filed at…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Jorge,
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The first question presented is : Under the pleadings and proofs in this cause, was the plaintiff entitled to relief in equity V It is well settled, that a court of chancery will not entertain a party seeking relief against a Syllabus 1. judgment which has been rendered against him in a court of law, in consequence of his default, upon grounds which might have been successfully taken in the court of law, unless some reason founded in fraud, accident, surprise, or some adventitious circumstance beyond the control of the party be shown why the…
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