Fox v. State ex rel. Powers

Pound, O.

•Josie Powers had recovered a judgment against John Fox in bastardy proceedings. After judgment Fox procured a written stipulation of settlement and satisfaction, reciting as a consideration the dismissal of error proceedings brought in the supreme court to review the judgment, and the payment of $250. This stipulation having been filed and of record some six months, a motion was made on behalf of the judgment creditor to set it aside for the reason that it was procured by fraud. An affidavit accompanied the motion, from which it appears that no error proceedings were in fact pending…