Legal Opinion

Beard v. Burts

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 18, 1877No. 50PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong

This was a bill of review, to which a demurrer was interposed by the defendant in the Chancery Court where it was filed; and, after hearing, the bill was dismissed. The decree of the Chancellor was then reversed by the Supreme Court- of the State, the demurrer was disallowed, and, without ny permission given to the defendant to answer, the decree in the original suit, which the bill sought to have reviewed, was vacated and annulled. The court then proceeded to decree against the defendant Bfeard'on the original cause of action, and remanded, the case to the' .Chancery Court for' an; account.…

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. HatchSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Hyatt v. KapposCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
  3. McLean v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
  4. Acord v. Western Pocahontas Corp.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia · 1907
  5. McGinn v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1942

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