Slingluff v. Stanley

The appellant in this case has adopted the novel method of exception to the ratification of the sale, in order to have the decree reviewed and declared void, for supposed defects in" the proceedings upon which the decree is founded, or the want of jurisdiction in the Court to pass the decree. If it be apparent upon the face of the proceedings that there was an entire want of jurisdiction of the Court to decree the sale of the property, then, doubtless, the objection could be availed of in this mode. But clearly such mode of attacking the decree for mere defects, errors, or irregularities in…