Cole v. Miller
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Holly Springs. Hon. James F. Trotter, vice-chancellor. This was a bill of review, filed in the court below, by Miller and wife, and others, the heirs of J. S. Porter, deceased, on the 20th of April, a. d. 1856, against John A. Cole and James N. Cole, seeking to re-open and reverse a decree made in that court, against the heirs of said Porter, in January, 1848. It appeared from the allegation of the bill, that Mrs. Miller and the…
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Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Holly Springs. Hon. James F. Trotter, vice-chancellor. This was a bill of review, filed in the court below, by Miller and wife, and others, the heirs of J. S. Porter, deceased, on the 20th of April, a. d. 1856, against John A. Cole and James N. Cole, seeking to re-open and reverse a decree made in that court, against the heirs of said Porter, in January, 1848. It appeared from the allegation of the bill, that Mrs. Miller and the other complainants, were minors at the time the decree was rendered, in 1848, and they are all still minors, except Mrs.…
1Opinion of the CourtHaNDY, J.
This was a bill of review, filed by the appellees on the 24th April, .1856, against the appellants, in the District Chancery Court at Holly Springs, to review and reverse a decree made in that court against the appellees, in January, 1848, for errors on the face of the decree.
The appellants filed a general demurrer to the bill, which was overruled; and from that order this appeal is taken.
The objections urged in support of the demurrer, deny the jurisdiction of the court upon two grounds; and these present the questions for our present examination.
First. It is objected that the land in…
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