Farmers' State Bank v. Inman

“The errors which will support a bill of review are errors of law apparent on the face of the decree. There must be error in substance, of prejudice to the party complaining, apparent on the face of the pleadings, proceedings or decree. * * * Or, as it is expressed, in 2 Dan. Ch. Pr. 1576, ‘the decree complained of, must be contrary to some statutory enactment, or some principle or rule of law or equity, recognized and acknowledged, or settled by decision, or be at variance with the forms and practice of the court’ ” McCall v. McCurdy, 69 Ala. 65, 71.

1. In the proceeding under review the…