Midgley v. Ralls

BROWN, Justice.

This appeal is from the final decree of the circuit court, sitting in equity, denying to complainants relief and dismissing their bill. The ground on which the decree is rested is that the complainants failed to meet and carry the burden of proof imposed by the bill’s material averments.

The bill is one in the nature of a bill of review, filed by the minor children of Charles H. Midgley, deceased, through and by their next friend and guardian, to vacate, set aside, and annul a former decree of the court, authorizing the register of the court to execute in their name a mortgage…