Landram v. Jordan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing oh an appeal by tbe defendants from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia sustaining a bill of review and vacating in part a former decree.
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Hearing oh an appeal by tbe defendants from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia sustaining a bill of review and vacating in part a former decree. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an appeal from a decree of the supreme court of tbe District sustaining a bill of review filed on October 29, 1901, by Gabriella K. Jordan against Elijah S. Drake and Leroy M. Taylor, trustees under tbe will of Thomas Kearney, deceased; 'Constance K. Vertner and Lillie K. Vertner, Edmund K. Vertner and Thomas K. Vertner, to review a decree rendered by said court on…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
1. The contention' that “the court erred in holding that the ■substituted service on the absent defendants, except Drake, by publication, was valid, and that they were properly before the court for the purpose of making the decree that was entered,” is without foundation.
It does not appear in the record that any such question was -raised or ruled upon in the trial court. The parties appeared in ■answer to the publication of notice and made no objection thereto. The irregularity, if any, in obtaining the order of publication was waived by their general appearance.
2. There was no error in…
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