Bank of the United States v. White

After stating the case, he proceeded:

Several objections have been taken by the appellants to the decree. In the firsts place, it is said- that all the parties to the original decree are not made parties to the bill of review. How this matter is, does not distinctly appear, as the proceedings on the original bill, though made a part of the bill of review, are not, as they ought to have been, spread upon the present record. The principle is unquestionable, that all the parties to the original decree ought to join in the bill of review; but, for aught that appears, no decree was ever had against…