Jackson v. United Railways Co.

With the view expressed in the decision of the majority that the judgments, decrees and orders of any court of general jurisdiction, however conclusive in character they may be, are under the control of the court which pronounced them during the term in which they were rendered, and that they may be set aside, vacated or amended by that court within that term, I am in accord. But the power to which reference has just been made is not an unlimited one. It must be exercised with legal discretion that carries into effect the general policy of tbe law. The power is, therefore, subject to…