Shields v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the district court of the United States, for the northern District of Iowa. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Gittett made nine points. Those which are touched upon in the opinion of the court were the following:— 2. The bill is multifarious, and therefore bad. 1 Dan. Ch. Pr. 384; Cooper’s Eq.
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This was an appeal from the district court of the United States, for the northern District of Iowa. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Gittett made nine points. Those which are touched upon in the opinion of the court were the following:— 2. The bill is multifarious, and therefore bad. 1 Dan. Ch. Pr. 384; Cooper’s Eq. PI. 182; Mitford, 146-7; 8 Peters, 123. • 7. A judgment against persons not within the jurisdiction of the court, and who were not served with process, and who did not appear to the action, is null and void. If a court in one State can render effective judgments…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.'Justice DANIEL
delivered the opinion.of the court.
■ Upon án appeal from a decree in chancery by. the district court of the northern district of Iowa.
This case, although upon the record a good deal extended in volume, is in effect, narrowed to the questions of law arising upop the pleadings.
The facts of the case, so far as a statement of these is necessary to an accurate comprehension of the legal questions-discussed and decided, were as follows: In the year 1839, a portion of the .appellees, as heirs and distributees of John Goldsbury, by their bill filed in the circuit court for Grayson…
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